05 March 2020
In 2020, the EAF-Nansen Programme's research surveys with the R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen are dedicated to monitoring the marine resources and ecosystems off Western and Southern Africa. Key objectives include:
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28 February 2020
For the first time ever, a course for prospective co-cruise leaders, expected to join the scientific surveys onboard the research vessel (R/V) Dr Fridtjof Nansen, was held in Dakar, Senegal, from 17 to 21 February 2020. The training was attended by 19 participants from 16 countries, and led by Katherine...
24 February 2020
The Oceanographic Research Centre of Dakar-Thiaroye (CRODT-ISRA) hosted the first regional knowledge-building workshop on basic taxonomy and marine fishery species identification in Senegal. Held in Dakar from 10 to 21 February, the event was organised to improve knowledge and capacity of local scientists and fishery workers to correctly...
17 February 2020
The regional inception meeting on the "Shared Sardinella" project, under the auspices of the EAF-Nansen Programme, took place from 11 to 14 February at the FAO Headquarters in Rome. Fifteen participants from Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, the Gambia, Norway, and FAO gathered together to foster closer collaboration in research and management...
20 January 2020
The Nansen Programme has been operating since 1975, and evolving through various phases in time. In its current stage, the Programme is known as the EAF-Nansen Programme with its long-term objective that: "sustainable fisheries improve food and nutrition security for people in partner countries." Since 2006, a key purpose of...
30 December 2019
The second workshop within the project "visual habitat mapping of the Cabo Delgado" took place from 18 to 22 November 2019 at the Institute of Marine Research in Bergen, Norway, and gathered altogether 12 participants, including five representatives from Mozambique.