In collaboration with regional organizations and 32 countries across Africa and the Bay of Bengal, the EAF-Nansen Programme is improving fisheries management in line with the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF), strengthening the capacities of fisheries institutions and generating scientific knowledge on marine resources and ecosystems.
Building on lessons learned from previous phases, the current Programme contributes to improved food and nutrition security. From 2024-2028, it will focus on bridging science and fisheries management for strengthened ocean governance, while addressing challenges like pollution and climate change.
It contributes to FAO's vision for FAO's vision for the Blue Transformation of aquatic food systems for better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life for all.
EAF-Nansen Programme and the UN Decade of Ocean Science
In 2021, the Programme became part of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) – a UN-wide initiative that provides a common framework for international dialogue and global action to ensure that ocean science can fully support nations to meet Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
Being a UN Decade Action Programme, it actively contributes to six of the ten Ocean Decade Challenges, and is fully aligned with the mission to generate transformative ocean science solutions for the ocean, while fostering connections between people and the ocean [more].
e-Approach: EAF-Nansen project Newsletter
01/07/2016
The primary objective of EAF-Nansen project newsletter, e-APPROACH, is to raise public awareness and understanding of the EAF-Nansen project and on the importance of EAF as a contribution to global sustainable development mechanism to support sustainable use and management of marine ecosystems. Since 2009 the e-Approach is published four times per year and includes all the activities carried out in the framework of the EAF-Nansen project.
Report of the twenty-first session of the Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic, Dakar, Senegal, 20–22 April 2016/Rapport de la vingt-et-unième session du Comité des pêches pour l’Atlantique Centre-Est, Dakar, Sénégal, 20–22 avril 2016.
20/04/2016
This document is the final report of the twenty-first session of the Fishery Committee for the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF), which was held in Dakar, Senegal, from 20 to 22 April 2016.
Improved Knowledge on South East Atlantic Ecosystems Supporting Deep-Sea Fisheries Management in the Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ)
16/03/2016
In January and February 2015, the research vessel Dr Fridtjof Nansen conducted a 29-day research cruise to map selected seamounts of the South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO) Convention Area.
Handbook of the EAF-Nansen Project training course on the ecosystem approach to fisheries
01/01/2016
The EAF-Nansen Project has designed a university-level training course on the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF) and has already run the course in partnership with a number of universities in Africa.
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GENDER AUDIT AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MAINSTREAMING GENDER IN THE EAF-NANSEN PROJECT
01/12/2013
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MINUTES OF THE JOINT MEETING OF THE REGIONAL STEERING COMMITTEES - Accra, Ghana, 24 March 2011
01/03/2012
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