Workshop for a Network of Practitioners on Fishery Stock Assessment 2023" organized by FAO in Bangkok, Thailand during 23-25 January 2023. The workshop was attended by stock assessment experts nominated by the governments of Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Philippines in addition to global experts on the subject.

 

In the Working Group for South Asia, moderated by Director, BOBP, the experts discussed and collectively developed an operational action plan.

 

Dr. Krishnan, while presenting the "Future networking and capacity-building in stock assessment in South Asia", highlighted the importance of networking among stock assessments experts and initiatives taken by the IGO in this regard. He assured that the IGO will take every steps to operationalize the commitments of the regional working group.