25 March 2022
Data collected from the EAF-Nansen Programme research surveys contribute to generating and improving scientific knowledge about marine resources and ecosystems in Programme partner countries. For some countries, this is the only opportunity to access research data that can be used as a basis for decision making. Furthermore, given the regional...
15 March 2022
The identification of jellyfish species can be difficult, and it is often challenging for even the more experienced researchers. Together with the University of the Western Cape (UWC), the EAF-Nansen Programme has taken on the challenge of updating and broadening the understanding of jellyfish around Africa through a...
26 February 2022
It is the fourth time that the research vessel – Dr Fridtjof Nansen – is returning to Northwest Africa to study transboundary bottom-dwelling (demersal) fisheries resources in the deeper part of the continental shelf and the upper slope of Northwest Africa, from Morocco to the southern border of Guinea. The...
22 February 2022
Over the past month, the research vessel Dr Fridtjof Nansen has been on a scientific expedition to study the presence of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs) on the Sierra Leone Rise in the eastern central Atlantic that may need to be protected from fishing activities. In total, five seamounts...
11 February 2022
International Day of Women and Girls in science, declared annually on 11 February by the United Nations, recognizes an important role of women and girls in science – not only as beneficiaries – but also as agents of change, towards achieving global sustainable development goals by 2030.
Reaching gender equality...
21 January 2022
Nansen’s first scientific survey in 2022 is taking the research vessel - Dr Fridtjof Nansen - to survey a number of selected seamounts of the Sierra Leone Rise, in areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ), within the area of the Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF). During the...