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1 The Sixth Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop CLOSING THE NET through global cooperation between flag, coastal, port and market States for effective collective enforcement of international and domestic law Program

2 Program Sunday, 17 February Venue: Room Rangsit 2-3, Centara Grand Hotel 16:00-18:00 Registration 17:30-18:30 Facilitator Preparatory Meeting Monday, 18 February Venue: Ballroom B, Centara Grand Hotel, Bangkok 08:15-09:15 Registration 09:30-10:00 Opening Facilitator: Mr. Parnpun Worranut, Department of Fisheries, Thailand Mr. Todd Dubois, Vice-Chair, International MCS Network Ms. Kundhavi Kadiresan, Assistant Director-General and FAO s Regional Representative for Asia and the Pacific Mr. Niwat Sutheemechaikul, Vice Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand 10:00-10:15 6th GFETW Group Photo 10:15-11:00 COFFEE BREAK 10:15-11:00 Press Conference, Room Krungthep 1, M Floor 11:00-11:30 Keynote Address Facilitator: Mr. Todd Dubois, Vice-Chair, International MCS Network Dr. Matthew Camilleri, FAO - The role of MCS in the implementation of responsible fisheries management 11:30-12:00 Session 1: International and Regional Cooperation: The Actors (Part I) Facilitator: Dr. Chumnarn Pongsri, Senior Advisor on Fisheries Foreign Affairs, Department of Fisheries, Thailand 11:30-11:45 Dr. Adisorn Promthep, Department of Fisheries, Thailand - Challenges for Processing State in Combatting IUU Fishing 11:45-12:00 Mr. Roberto Cesari, Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fisheries Policy Unit, European Commission A market State perspective: the EU role in the fight against IUU fishing State of play after 9 years of application of the EU Regulation 12:00-13:30 LUNCH 2

3 13:30-15:00 Session 1: International and Regional Cooperation: The Actors (Part II) 13:30-13:45 Ms. Mónica Corrales, General Secretary of Fisheries, Spain Eradicating IUU Fishing: the role of the State over their Nationals. Lessons learned from the Spanish Operations against IUU Fishing 13:45-14:00 Ms. Fatima Rahmani, Kingdom of Morocco - Stratégie marocaine en matière de suivi, contrôle et surveillance, quel impact sur la pêche INN? 14:00-14:15 Mr. Brent Napier and Mr. Sean Wheeler, Fisheries & Oceans Canada Canadian Efforts to Combat IUU Activity 14:15-14:30 Mr. Yu Seek & Ms. Kim Suyeon, Fisheries Monitoring Center, Republic of Korea - Korea's Effort to Promote Sustainable Distant Water Fisheries 14:30-15:00 15:00-15:30 TEA BREAK 15:30-17:15 Session 2: International and Regional Cooperation: The Facilitators Facilitator: Mr. Yves Goulet, Canada 15:30-15:40 Mr. Sahono Budianto, RPOA-IUU - Mutual concern and commitment to combat IUU Fishing in the Region 15:40-15:50 Dr. Worawit Wanchana, SEAFDEC - Establishment of Sub-Regional Cooperation on Monitoring, Control and Surveillance in Fisheries in the Southeast Asian Region 15:50-16:00 Mr. Vivian Fernandes, FFA - FFA Regional MCS Strategy 16:00-16:10 Ms. Meaghan Brosnan, WildAid - Galapagos Case Study: regional cooperation built through peer-to-peer exchanges 16:10-16:20 Mr. Daroomalingum Mauree, World Bank SWIOFish1- StaRFISH 16:20-16:40 Mr. Per Erik Bergh, Stop Illegal Fishing - FISH-i Africa lessons learnt in regional cooperation? 16:40-17:15 19:00-21:00 Sala Thai, Centara Grand Hotel, Bangkok RECEPTION, hosted by the Department of Fisheries of Thailand 3

4 Tuesday, 19 February Venue: Ballroom B, Centara Grand Hotel, Bangkok 09:00-10:30 Session 3: Emerging technologies in MCS Facilitator: Mr. Bubba Cook, WWF 09:00-09:20 Mr. Bubba Cook, WWF - Conclusions from the SAFET Conference 2018 and Overview 09:20-09:30 Dr. Richard W. Miller and Dr. Van Romero, New Mexico Tech s Institute for Complex Additive Systems Analysis Applications of Data Analysis & Visualization Environment (DAVE) to Predict and Interdict IUUF Activity 09:30-09:40 Dr. Chris Elvidge, Colorado School of Mines - Use of VIIRS boat detection data in detecting illegal commercial fishing in restricted municipal waters in the Philippines 09:40-09:50 Mr. Bundit Kullavnijaya, Department of Fisheries Thailand and Ms. Natalie Tellwright, OceanMind Machine learning of VMS data 09:50-10:00 Mr. Bradley Soule, OceanMind - Effective Tools & Techniques for PSMA implementation 10:00-10:30 10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK 11:00-12:30 Session 4: Implementation of the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures Facilitator: Dr. Matthew Camilleri, FAO 11:00-11:10 Mr. Alejandro Covarrubias, Chile Port State Measures: an integration tool in combating IUU fishing. The Latin American experience 11:10-11:20 Ms. Marta López Gómez, Spain Spain s experience in the implementation of the PSMA 11:20-11:30 Mr. Hrannar Asgeirsson, NEAFC - NEAFC implementation of Port State Measures 11:30-11:40 Mr. Thira Rodchevid, Department of Fisheries, Thailand - Lessons learned on Thailand s Port State Measures Implementation for combating IUU fishing 11:40-11:50 Ms. Dita Liliansa, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore - Implementation of the Port State Measures Agreement in Southeast Asia 11:50-12:30 4

5 12:30-14:00 LUNCH 14:00-16:15 Session 5: Analyzing and sharing MCS data and intelligence Facilitator: Mr. Gary Orr, New Zealand 14:00-14:10 Dr. Matthew Camilleri, FAO Global Information Exchange to Combat IUU Fishing 14:10-14:20 Mr. Hrannar Asgeirsson, NEAFC - A Common Language: The importance of a global standard for exchanging fisheries data 14:20-14:30 Mr. Bjarne Schultz, Directorate of Fisheries, Norway Operational Global Cooperation in Real Time 14:30-14:40 Mr. Andrew Deary, Blue Belt, Marine Management Organization, UK Surveillance for IUU threats in the EEZs of the UK Over Seas Territories 14:40-14:50 Mr. Howard Reid, Ministry of Primary Industries, New Zealand - Digital monitoring of Commercial Fishing and a Geospatial Monitoring tool 14:50-15:15 TEA BREAK 15:15-15:25 Mr. Yves Goulet, National Fisheries Intelligence Service, Canada - Canada s Strategic Threat and Risk Assessment: An Intelligence Tool to Fight Against IUU 15:25-15:35 Mr. Scott Gray & Mr. Steve Lewis - Collaborative effort between fishery managers and law enforcement in Alaska to combat IUU fishing 15:35-15:45 Mr. Muhamad Abdul Rauf Abdullah, Department of Fisheries Malaysia National Coordination Enforcement Agencies in Combating IUU Fishing in Malaysia 15:45-16:15 16:15-17:30 Session 6: IUU Risk Assessment Frameworks Facilitator: Mr. Alastair Beveridge 16:15-16:25 Mr. Alastair Beveridge - Introduction to the IUU Risk Assessment Frameworks 16:25-16:35 Dr. Jessica Ford, CSIRO - Indicators of IUU activities 16:35-16:40 Mr. Gilles Hosch, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime & Poseidon Aquatic Resource Management The Global IUU Fishing Index 16:40-17:30 Interactive work session in regional groups 5

6 18:30-21:30 Ballroom B, Centara Grand Hotel, Bangkok 18:30-19:00 PRE-EVENING SESSION DINNER 19:00-20:00 Roundtable Chasing the Thunder, what extensive international cooperation can deliver and valuable lessons. 19:00-20:30 Facilitator: Ms. Michele Kuruc - Panelists: Mr. Alistair McDonnell, INTERPOL; Ms. Mónica Corrales, Spain; Mr. Jorge Ríos, UNODC Film projection: Chasing the Thunder Wednesday, 20 February :00-17:00 FIELD TRIPS No plenary session 18:00-19:30 International MCS Network Business Meeting Thursday, 21 February Venue: Ballroom B, Centara Grand Hotel, Bangkok 09:00-10:30 Session 7: Capacity building for better enforcement action Facilitator: Mr. Mark Young, The Pew Charitable Trusts 09:00-09:10 Dr. Kristín von Kistowski, FAO - FAO s Capacity Building Programme in support of combatting IUU fishing 09:10-09:20 Mr. Ian Freeman, SPC - Capacity building in Coastal Fisheries and Aquaculture MCS 09:20-09:30 Prof. Hennie Van As, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa From capacity building to professionalisation: The FishFORCE experience 09:30-09:40 Ms. Adriana Suárez, FUNDAMAR, Colombia Developments in the Implementation of Tools and Mechanisms to combat IUU fishing in Colombia 09:40-09:50 Mr. Todd Dubois, NOAA NOAA s Technical assistance and capacity building on port state measures and combating IUU fishing 09:50-09:55 Video presentation: Joint Indonesia-US Partnership on IUU Fishing 09:55-10:30 6

7 10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK 11:00-12:30 Session 8: Role of MCS practitioners in combating crime associated with and/or related to fisheries Facilitator: Mr. Jorge Ríos, UNODC 11:00-11:10 Pol. Lt. General Jaruwat Vaisaya, Royal Police Authority, Thailand - Law enforcement against the IUU Fishing 11:10-11:20 Mr. Troy Audyatis, NOAA Case Study: Successful prosecution of the Codfather the Carlos Rafael investigation 11:20-11:30 Mr. Jason Judd, International Labour Organisation - What s changed in working conditions in Thai fishing? 11:30-11:40 Mr. Deon Burger, INTERPOL - IUU as a risk indicator for other non-fisheries crimes 11:40-11:50 Mr. Ganesan Vethiah, Maritime Legal Consultant - Forensic Document Investigation for Effective Fisheries Prosecution - Malaysian Case Study 11:50-12:30 12:30-14:00 LUNCH 14:00-15:30 Session 9: Improved compliance in RFMOs Facilitator: Mr. Alejandro Anganuzzi, Common Oceans ABNJ Tuna Project 14:00-14:10 Ms. Alexa Cole, NOAA The role of RFMOs in ensuring compliance 14:10-14:20 Dr. Lara Manarangi-Trott, WCPFC - New developments in compliance procedures at WCPFC 14:20-14:40 Mr. Hugh Walton, FFA - Implementing WCPFC s CMM on Minimum Standards for Port State Measures for FFA Member Countries 14:40-14:50 Mr. Gerard Domingue, IOTC - New developments in compliance procedures at IOTC 14:50-15:00 Ms. Jenny Cheatle, ICCAT - Towards improved compliance in ICCAT 15:00-15:10 Mr. Peter Flewwelling, NPFC - Developments in Compliance Procedures at NPFC 15:10-15:30 15:30-16:00 TEA BREAK 7

8 16:00-17:30 Session 10: Control and enforcement over transshipment Facilitator: Mr. Peter Flewwelling, North Pacific Fisheries Commission 16:00-16:05 Dr. Adela Rey Aneiros, FAO - FAO Global Study on Transshipment 16:05-16:15 Mr. Kofi Agbogah, Hen Mpoano, Ghana - SAIKO business: an ecological and human catastrophe 16:15-16:25 Mr. Gary Orr, Compliance Investigation Services, Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand - Transhipment : The weakest link? 16:25-16:35 Mr. Mark Young, The Pew Charitable Trusts - Transshipment Reform Needed to Ensure the Legal, Verifiable Transfer of Catch 16:35-16:45 Mr. Francisco Blaha, Fisheries Advisor - Collaboration in between a major Tuna Transhipment Port and a key Processing State 16:45-16:55 Ms. Sampan Panjarat, Department of Fisheries, Thailand - Thailand MCS: Control of Overseas Fishing and Transshipment 16:55-17:05 Mr. David Chang, Overseas Fisheries Development Council of the Republic of China (OFDC), Taiwan - Implementation of MCS Measures on Taiwan Distant Water Fleets 17:05-17:30 19:00-21:00 Ballroom B, Centara Grand Hotel, Bangkok 3rd Stop IUU Fishing Award Ceremony & CONFERENCE DINNER Friday, 22 February Venue: Ballroom B, Centara Grand Hotel, Bangkok 09:00-10:15 Presentation of Stop IUU Fishing Award winners Facilitator: Ms. Michele Kuruc, WWF-US 09:00-09:15 Presentation, finalist 09:15-09:30 Presentation, finalist 09:30-09:45 Presentation, winner 09:45-10:15 Closure Stop IUU Fishing Award 8

9 :45 COFFEE BREAK 10:45-11:30 Session 11: Panel Global IUU risks, estimations and quantification Facilitator: Mr. Frank Meere 10:45:11:00 Dr. Jessica Ford, CSIRO - Indicators of IUU activities 11:00-11:15 Mr. Alastair Beveridge - What role to be played by MCS practitioners? Risk assessment framework: conclusions and next steps 11:15-12:00 Panel : Alastair Beveridge, Matthew Camilleri, Chris Wilcox, Mark Young 12:00-12:30 Closure Dr. Adisorn Promthep, Director General, Department of Fisheries, Thailand Mr. Todd Dubois, Vice-Chair, International MCS Network 12:30-14:00 LUNCH 9

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