08 June 2023
8 June 2023, Maputo – Recognizing years of fruitful collaboration in the fisheries sector, the EAF-Nansen Programme joined Mozambique’s Ministry of Fisheries and the Royal Norwegian Embassy to celebrate World Oceans Day in Maputo....
05 June 2023
The theme for World Environment Day 2023 is ‘Solutions to plastic pollution’, hosted by Côte d'Ivoire. Côte d'Ivoire is showing leadership in the fight against plastic pollution, for example by banning the use of plastic bags and supporting environment-minded initiatives like the...
05 June 2023
5-6 June 2023, Accra, Ghana – The Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC), a regional fisheries body headquartered in Ghana, partnered with the EAF-Nansen Programme to organize a regional coordination meeting on sustainable management of the on beach seine fisheries in the FCWC...
02 June 2023
29 May to June 2 2023, Accra, Ghana – For five days, representatives of organizations, administrations, scientists, researchers and fisheries stakeholders from the member countries of the Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC), Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria and Togo, reviewed...
31 May 2023
31 May, Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire – A workshop on legal capacity building for the fisheries sector was held in the coastal town of Grand-Bassam in Côte d’Ivoire from 15-17 May.
The workshop aimed to strengthen the capacities of technical personnel from the Côte d’Ivoire Ministry of Animal and Fisheries Resources (MIRAH, in its French...
22 May 2023
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22 May 2023, World Biodiversity Day – Scientists estimate around 8.7 million species on the planet have yet to be identified. So, when researchers on the research vessel (R/V) Dr. Fridtjof Nansen discovered new species in the Indian Ocean, the news was significant.
Among...