• Norway allocates 1 billion NOK to next phase of the Programme
• Improving the understanding of pelagic fish in northwest African waters
• Taking stock of achievements in improving fisheries management in Senegal
• Unveiling nature's slithery secrets
• Videos and photos: EAF-Nansen Programme Mini-Symposium and Forum 2023
• Videos: Research vessel (R/V) Dr. Fridtjof Nansen - When technology serves sustainability
• Resources: Research vessel (R/V) Dr. Fridtjof Nansen - When technology serves sustainability
• Partnerships: EAF-Nansen Programme and the 'Ocean Decade'

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• EAF-Nansen Programme showcases achievements in sustainable fisheries management
• Photos & Video: EAF-Nansen Programme Mini-Symposium & Forum 2023
• Elearning courses on the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF)
• EAF-Nansen Programme and the 'Ocean Decade'

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• Large numbers of Humpback whales observed off the southern Mozambique Coast
• Assisting the United Republic of Tanzania with review of the fisheries policy and legislation
• Tanzania welcomed the research vessel Dr. Fridtjof Nansen 
• Enhancing Shark Conservation and Management
• Video: Meet the incredible Dr. Fridtjof Nansen!
• Photos: Dr. Fridtjof Nansen in Mozambique
• FAO elearning Academy – Ecosystem approach to fisheries: Introduction
• Partnerships: 'Ocean Decade' - Africa Information Webinar 
• Future events

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• Collaboration for sustainable management of marine resources in Mozambique
• World Environment Day 2023: Spotlighting solutions to beat plastic pollution
• Advancing biodiversity research with discovery of new fish species in Myanmar
• The Gambia initiates gender mainstreaming initiative for the fisheries sector
• EAF-Nansen Program supports the identification and harmonization of management measures for shared Sardinella fisheries in The Gambia
• Survey in Namibian waters delivers sea sparkles and high quality data on important pelagic fish species
• Assessing priority fisheries in the Gulf of Guinea using the EAF implementation monitoring tool
• Regional coordination for sustainable beach seine fisheries management in the Gulf of Guinea
• In the Media: New species discovery by the EAF-Nansen Programme featured in WWF report
• E-learning: Ecosystem approach to fisheries: Introduction
• E-learning: Ecosystem approach to fisheries: Planning
• Partnerships: EAF-Nansen Programme and the UN 'Ocean Decade'
• Future events

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• Event in the port of Luanda marked the start of the first survey in 2023
• Fish taxonomy research develops local talent and leadership in Tenerife
• Over 40 years of research surveys result in one of the most substantial pools of shark data in the world
• Hayat Ben-ayad hopes her study on cold-water corals will inspire more women to join STEM community
• Consultations with stakeholders of Senegalese Sardinella fishery result in identification of measures for fisheries management plan
• Partner highlights: Annual meeting of high-level advisory group for UN Ocean Decade 'Empowering Women Programme'
• Partner highlights: Support to “PRIMA Learning” jellyfish workshop in Cape Town
• Publication: Legal reports on the ecosystem approach to fisheries
• Videos: EAF-Nansen Youtube Channel

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• Fisheries experts in Africa adopt skills to lead training courses on the EAF
• Final research surveys in 2022 shed light on small pelagic stocks in Africa
• Mainstreaming gender - Successes and lessons learned from past 2 years
• 9th Scientific Sub-Committee of the Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic
• Publication: Lifting back the waters: Marine geophysics provides new insights into the uThukela Banks Marine Protected Area
• Publication: Distribution and Abundance of the Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus indica) off Sri Lanka during the Southwest Monsoon 2018
• Publications: Legal report on the ecosystem approach to fisheries in: The Gambia, Kenya, Gabon, Madagascar, Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Senegal, Benin, Mozambique, Bangladesh, and Tanzania
• Video: Smith Memorial Lecture: Launch of the Coastal Fishes of the Western Indian Ocean

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• Explore the wondrous jellyfish of West Africa in new illustrated guide
• Importance of Nansen survey data for stock assessment and fisheries management
• EAF-Nansen Programme: a global platform for promoting women in science
• EAF-Nansen Programme launches fourth scientific survey in Northwest Africa to study demersal fisheries in the region
• Findings from the Sierra Leone Rise will support the protection of vulnerable ecosystems in the Central Atlantic
• Video: Ocean Decade Laboratory on : 'A Safe Ocean'
• Video: Get a glimpse of the work in a fish lab on board the Dr Fridtjof Nansen

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• Nansen marine ecosystem survey in Cabo Verde: key highlights
• The research vessel Dr Fridtjof Nansen takes off to study marine life in Cabo Verde Waters
• Discovery of a new species of giant guitarfish in Bangladesh raises country's ambition about solid taxonomic research
• Nansen research survey in Northwest Africa sets up a baseline to protect bottom-sea habitats
• Video: Launch of the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022
• Video: Ocean Decade virtual series "A Clean Ocean"
• E-learning course: Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries - Introduction

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• Dr Fridtjof Nansen is back in African waters with first survey since March 2020
• Sardinella fisheries: quickly disappering vital source of food and nutrition security in Northwest Africa
• EAF-Nansen Programme Forum 2021: from present times to the future
• Tackling marine debris and microplastics with the Dr Fridtjof Nansen
• EAF-Nansen Programme - supporting the application of the ecosystem approach to fisheries management
• E-learning course: Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries - Policy and Legal Implementation

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• Promising future for filling the gap in ichthyoplankton identification
• Scientific illustration: an art in the service of science
• Regional workshops on the use of EAF-IMT tool
• Collaboration is key for the sustainability of small pelagics in the Eastern Central Atlantic
• Video: Blue Foods: Science for a Sustainable Future
• Video: A Brave New Ocean

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• Shedding light on the ocean's "twilight zone"
• Studying the impacts of fishmeal production in Africa
• Fisheries institutions in 18 countries receive training on "Legal Diagnostic Tool" for implementing an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries
• EAF-Nansen Programme contribution towards climate change risks and vulnerability assessments in fisheries and aquaculture
• Workshop: Managing capacity- and data-poor fisheries through an Ecosystem Approach

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• EAF-Nansen Programme take part in identifying opportunities and challanges for empowering women for the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
• The Mesopelagic Fish Guide: shedding light on 550 fish species in on of the largest ecosystems on earth
• CECAF-PESCAO Project conducts a series of case studies to ensure effective fisheries science and management in the Eastern Central Atlantic region
• EAF-Nansen Mentoring Programme 2020/2021
• Research opportunity for graduate students

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• FAO Story: The long journey home for scientists aboard the Dr Fridtjof Nansen
• Summary of key achievements and lessons learned by the EAF-Nansen Programme for World Oceans Day
• New practical guide on legislating for an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries
• Fish: The "perfect micronutrient" in ensuring global food security and nutrition
• Putting jellyfish on the Nansen's science agenda

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• New tool to monitor implementation of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF)
• Inception meeting of the "Shared Sardinella" Project at FAO Headquarters
• Building Africa's capacity for better fisheries management through taxonomy and marine species identification
• What does it take to be a co-cruise leader on board the Dr Fridtjof Nansen?
• The research vessel Dr Fridtjof Nansen begins exploration of West Africa’s marine life

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• EAF-Nansen Programme Forum 2019: Showcasing the benefits of the EAF for sustainable fisheries and a healthy marine environment
• Official presentation of the results of the 2018 fishery resources and ecosystem surveys in Myanmar waters
• How is the EAF-Nansen Programme supporting the work of small projects in partner countries?
• CECAF Working Group met in Mauritania to assess the current state of the region's demersal species
• First regional training course on marine taxonomy and species identification in South East Asia

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• Survey in SEAFO Convention Area to Enhance Understanding of South East Atlantic Ecosystems
• Determining Distribution and Abundance of Demersal Species and Communities in the South East Atlantic
• Post-Survey Meetings
• Support to the BCC Working Group on Small Pelagic Fish
• Implementation of EAF and Shared Stock Management

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• The R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen Story

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• Improving the management of shrimp fisheries in Congo
• The new R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen is now in the water
• EAF-Nansen training course in taxonomy and species identification - call for participants

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• EAF-Nansen Training workshop on taxonomy and marine species identification
• R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen Northwest Africa pelagic resources survey
• Western Indian Ocean planning meeting for the Second International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2)
• BCLME consultative meeting on the science plan of the EAF-Nansen Programme
• EAF-Nansen project at the eighth Conference of the Ministers of the Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea

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• The International Indian Ocean Expedition
• The 2015 R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen Demonstration survey across the southern Indian Ocean
• EAF-Nansen Training workshop on taxonomy and marine species identification
• The 2015 Norad/FAO/IMR semi-annual meeting

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• EAF-Nansen training course on trawling and acoustic surveys
• Meeting on the development of a science plan for the new phase of the EAF-Nansen project
• EAF-Nansen at the COP 8 of the Nairobi Convention

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• South West Indian Ocean Countries make progress in EAF Implementation
• New webpage dedicated to construction work on the new R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen
• Nansis Training and Application workshop held in Ghana
• ZMT workshop on trans-disciplinary knowledge exchange
• Ninth Annual Meeting of the EAF-Nansen Project Partners held at Fiuggi, Italy
• The R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen SEAFO survey featured in the ABNJ workshop in Rome
• Inter-calibration between R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen and R/V Mirabilis
• EAF-Nansen/SEAFO survey with R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen
• Growing following of the EAF-Nansen Project through Flick

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• Workshop on tracking the implementation of EAF in the CECAF North Area
• Workshop on the fishery management cycle
• 3rd Joint meeting of the Regional Steering Committees (24 October)
• Norad/FAO/IMR Semi-Annual Meeting of the EAF-Nansen project
• Nansis Training of Trainers Workshop
• EAF-Nansen project at the 2nd International Ocean Research Conference
• Post survey meeting in Gabon

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• The EAF Management Cycle
• EAF-Nansen project in Comoros
• A Teaching kit on EAF for schools in Africa
• Meeting held to review EAFwork in FAO
• Ecosystem survey off Gabon
• Sardinella recruitment studies in the coastal waters of Gabon, Congo and northern Angola
• Interruption of the R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen surveys

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In this special issue of the e-Approach, we present a short report on the EAF-Nansen Project side event that was organised in Rome during the 31st Session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI).

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• Getting a new fisheries management system operational and reviewing its performance (culled from the EAF Toolbox)
• Regional workshop on the implementation of the shrimp fisheries management plans for Cameroon, Gabon and Nigeria
• Good timing of the R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen survey in Myanmar waters

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• EAF Planning and Tool Selection – Management option evaluation and selection – Part II
• EAF’s Debut in Turkey
• Survey of Fishery Resources in Myanmar

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• EAF Planning and Tool Selection – Management option evaluation and selection
• EAF Implementation Baseline Workshop in Accra, Ghana
• Environmental Monitoring for the Oil Industry

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• Development of a Fisheries Management Plan - Indicators and Performance Measures (culled from the EAF Toolbox)
• Progress on the Management Plans
• The Ongoing Scientific Cruises

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• Formulating Management and Operational Objectives for a Fishery Management Plan Under EAF (culled from the EAF Toolbox)
• Collection and Analysis of Information on the Human Dimensions of Fisheries Including the Development of a Field Monitoring Programme in the Benguela Current Commission Region
• The 2012 Nansen Cruise Plan

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• Preparing a Fisheries Management Plan – initial Activities
• Improving the Management of Shrimp Fisheries in Cameroon, Gabon and Nigeria
• The FCWC and the EAF-Nansen Project: A Stronger Partnership for Regional Management of Beach Seine Fisheries
• The Ecosystem Approach to Fishereis: A Boon for Beach Seine Fishery Management in the Region
• 2012 CCLME Ecosystem Survey
• Improving Communication on the Work of the R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen

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• Types of Issues for Consideration in ERA for EAF
• EAF Country Projects
• Improving the Management of the Beach Seine Fishery in Coastal Waters of Benin, Togo, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire
• The 2011 CCLME Ecosystem Survey
• Nansen Surveys in the BCC Area

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• A toolbox for the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries
• Development of Sierra Leonean Fisheries Act
• An Outside Perspective on the EAF-Nansen Project
• EAF Capacity building workshops held in the Democratic Republic of Congo
• Ecosystem Survey off Cape Verde
• Survey in the Nigeria/São Tomé and Príncipe Joint Development Zone
• Second meeting of the Ecosystem Survey Planning and Analysis Working Group held in Casablanca, Morocco
• Nansis version 1.6 released

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• The Issue with Issues!
• ERA Workshops held in Douala, Libreville and Lome
• Point of view of the COREP on the conduct of ERA meetings on industrial shrimp fisheries
• Garbage Pollution of Marine Deepwater Habitats
• EAF-Nansen Post Survey Meeting held in Dar es Salaam

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• Ecosystems 2010
• Legislating for an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries – A Review of Trends and Options in Africa
• Rare species found during R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen cruises

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• EAF – Some Terminology
• GIS for EAF
• EAF Focal Points are better equipped for the implementation of project activities – Dr Salvador Ngoande
• FAO/BCC EAF Projects Launched
• EAF "Baby" Projects Launched
• The R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen Survey Reports available at the EAF-Nansen website
• The FAO Northwest Africa Small Pelagic Working Group
  Celebrates 10 Years of Work

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• EAF – the Principles
• A Strategy Towards Regional EAF Implementation in the South West Indian Ocean Area - Dr Renison Ruwa
• Mission to inspect the R/V General Lansana Conte
• EAF National Task Groups Resourced
• The R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen Southern Indian Ocean Seamounts Cruise

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• EAF – the Genesis
• Bringing EAF into the Management of the Line and Shrimp Fisheries in Mozambique
• The 2009 SWIOFP/ASCLME Ecosystem Survey Underway

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