External evaluators commended SEAFDEC/AQD during the "2017 Annual Progress and Planning Meeting on the Promotion of Sustainable Aquaculture and Resource Enhancement in Southeast Asia". External evaluators were composed of Dr. Tetsuo Fujii, JIRCAS Fisheries Development Director; Dr. Satoshi Miwa, head of Diagnosis and Training Center for Fish Diseases of the National Research Institute of Aquaculture in Japan.

External evaluators commend SEAFDEC/AQD for leading ASEAN aquaculture. (2018, February 20). Panay News, pp. B3, B2.