Thursday, 6 May 2021, 5:28 am
05/05/2021, Bangkok, Thailand – The
36th Session of the Asia-Pacific
Fishery Commission (APFIC) has wrapped up the first of
its three-day biennial session, convened in its first
all-virtual format, amid ongoing uncertainties created
within fishery-food supply chains caused by the global
pandemic.
In opening the Commission Session, the
Director-General of the Department of Fisheries of the Royal
Thai Government noted that the onset of COVID-19 had placed
a tremendous impact on the world s socio-economic situation
in all regions, in particular, the fisheries and aquaculture
sectors.
“The whole supply chain from farms or nets
to plate is seriously affected,” said Mesak Pakdeekong.