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On 3 and 4 July 2024, the Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) hosted an expert workshop to produce guidance notes on the management options to be implemented to apply the recommendations of the Fishery Commission for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF) for the management of shared sardinella...

25 June - 2 July 2024, Dakar, Senegal - The 23rd meeting of the FAO Working Group on the Assessment of Small Pelagic Stocks in Northwest Africa was held at the headquarters of the Sub-Regional Fisheries Committee (SRFC) in Dakar, with the support of the EAF-Nansen...

7 June 2024, Tema, Ghana – In celebration of World Oceans Day on 8 June, the EAF-Nansen Programme partnered with Ghana’s Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development and the Royal Norwegian Embassy to commemorate years of collaboration for the sustainable management of marine life. Marking the...

29 May 2024, Diamniadio, Senegal – As part of the process of drawing up a management plan for the sardinella fisheries, the Directorate of Maritime Fisheries, with the support of the FAO's EAF-Nansen Programme, organized a workshop to review and validate the management plan for sardinella...

Plesionika williamsi, photographed using the new equipment onboard the R/V Dr. Fritdjof Nansen © Keider Neves.   Photography of marine fishes and invertebrates plays a crucial role in identifying and documenting biodiversity and has a wide field of...

10-12 April 2024, Barcelona, Spain – UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission organized a conference to mark the fourth year of the UN Ocean Decade of Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). On the occasion, members of the global ocean community and partners attended a side event hosted by...