This project was implemented in according to the Declaration and the Plan of Action of the Ocean-related Ministers of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) on the promotion of partnership between the public and private sectors. The 24nd meeting of the APEC Marine Resource Conservation Working Group (MRCWG), held June 6-9, 2011, in Bali, Indonesia. The principal investigator of this project. In the meeting, It reported the 11th APEC Roundtable Meeting on the Involvement of the Business/Private Sector held in 2010. The 2012 project proposal for the 13th APEC Roundtable Meeting on the Involvement of the Business/Private Sector was put forward at the meeting. Furthermore, the 12th APEC Roundtable Meeting on the Involvement of the Business/Private Sector had been held in Taipei on October 19-21, 2011. In addition, Volume XIII Issues I and II of the APEC Bulletin on Marine Resource Conservation and Fisheries as well the project web pages have been completed to fulfill the requirement of the project.

APEC, Marine Resource Conservation, Fisheries