22 January 2019
Since 2017, the EAF Nansen Programme has included studies of ocean acidification as part of their measuring program. In this regard, the laboratory was equipped with instruments for measurement of seawater pH and alkalinity. When two parameters are measured all the other variables in the carbonate ocean system...
21 January 2019
From 4 to 6 December 2018 a workshop was held at FAO, Rome, to explore the use and application of various bottom habitat mapping methods and techniques as well as modelling approaches in order to identify a suite of options for application in the EAF-Nansen Programme.
Main workshop objectives were to...
20 January 2019
From 5 to 7 December 2018 a meeting was held in Maputo, Mozambique, to prepare a baseline report on the physical and chemical properties (organic pollutants and heavy metals) of the sediment samples collected as part of Leg 1.3 of the survey undertaken by the RV Dr Fridtjof Nansen in...
29 November 2018
The EAF-Nansen Programme fielded a mission to Cote d’Ivoire, Togo and Benin in November 2018 as part of the Programme’s support for the implementation of management plans for beach seine fisheries in the Gulf of Guinea.
The objectives of the mission were to...
20 November 2018
A group of 20 experts from 10 countries, FAO and the World Fish Centre met in Bergen on 13 to 15 November to discuss research priorities related to food safety and nutrition in the context of the EAF-Nansen Programme.
13 November 2018
On November 6 to 9, 17 experts from Africa, the Bay of Bengal, Norway and FAO met to discuss various aspects of the ecology and the abundance of mesopelagic fish. This is a group of fishes living at depths of between two hundred and one thousand metres (called the twilight...