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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, 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...

* Access FAO Story here 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...

8-12 May 2023, Kololi, The Gambia – The national ‘gender desk’ in the Ministry of Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters, in The Gambia was formally...

Red tide of Noctiluca scintillans in the Namibian waters. © Saskia Sune Kisting 2 May 2023, Walvis Bay, Namibia – The research vessel Dr Fridtjof Nansen has completed a survey of transboundary pelagic fish species in the waters off the coast of Namibia, one of the most...

9-14 April 2023, The Gambia – The EAF-Nansen Programme organized a meeting with key stakeholders in the fisheries communities Tanji and Gunjur in The Gambia, to advance the development of a management plan for the sardinella fishery according to the ecosystem approach.   In Tanji, consultations took place...