SEAFDEC’s Fishery Research Vessel Conducts Surveys In Brunei

Bandar Seri Begawan – MV SEAFDEC 2, Southeast Asia’s fishery research and training vessel, arrived at the fish landing complex in Serasa yesterday.

The vessel will be in Brunei for four days to conduct a joint research surveys with the Department of Fisheries and perform trial fishing in Brunei waters.

These activities will be particularly held in Zone 4 of the fishing areas of between 45 nautical miles up to 200 nautical miles from the coastline.

The ongoing activities in Brunei are part of the vessel’s fishery resource surveys and training operations in the waters of Southeast Asia Fishery Development Centre (SEAFDEC) member countries which include Brunei.

The MV SEAFDEC 2 Marine vessel SEAFDEC was completed in December 2003. It has the overall length of 32.5 meter.

It can accommodate 37 personnel, including 15 crews, four scientists and 18 trainees.

The vessel is equipped with sophisticated equipment such as the scientific echo sounder and mapping sonar, fisheries research and environmental survey equipment like Integrated Conductivity Temperature and Depth, ICTD system and thermosalinograph.

The vessel’s surveys are intended to strengthen the resource information for effective fisheries and environmental management, train the department's personnel to carry out the research work and to expose them to new fishing technology suitable for this particular fishing area.

The new fishing techniques are aimed to be transferred to the interested local fishing operators in the near future.

Currently, the member countries of SEAFDEC are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.  -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei

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