SEAFDEC, an acronym for Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, has been with us since the early '70s. A concordat among Southeast Asian nations established SEAFDEC in 1969 in recognition of the urgent need of increasing food supply and improving the nutritional food standard of the region.

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