The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
Brunei Darussalam then joined on 8 January 1984, Viet Nam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999, making up what is today the ten Member States of ASEAN.
PRESS RELEASE: First RFVS-Certified Fishing Vessel Announced Australia
We asked Malcolm McNeill, Managing Director of Australian Longline Fishing, to tell us how they got involved and why it felt important to gain a vessel certification.
‘I first learnt of the d...
The Norwegian Pelagic Fishing Course in Week 1 Norway
Good herring fishing in the north and lots of mackerel from foreign vessels
Mackerel
More than 30,600 tonnes of mackerel have been recorded in the first week of the year, most of which comes f...