At the beginning of September 2017, Stephen Akester from MEP visited South Korea for the opening of the World Fisheries University in Busan, http://wfu.pknu.ac.kr/html/main/main.php, where he met the first student group.
Whilst there Stephen also attended the Korea International Cooperation Conference on Oceans and Fisheries 2017, where he presented on the World Bank West Africa Fisheries Program.