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].
Report of the FAO Working Group on the Assessment of Small Pelagic Fish off Northwest Africa. Nouadhibou, Mauritania, 24-31 March 2001. / Rapport du Groupe de travail de la FAO sur l’évaluation des petits pélagiques au large de l’Afrique nord-occidentale. Nouadhibou, Mauritanie, 24-31 mars 2001.
24/03/2001
The FAO Working Group on the Assessment of Small Pelagic Fish off Northwest Africa met in the Centre national de recherches océanographiques et des pêches (CNROP), Nouadhibou, Mauritania, from 24 to 31 March 2001. The working area was defined as the waters between the southern border of Senegal and the northern border of Morocco and the main groups of species defined as sardine, sardinellas, horse mackerels and mackerel
Report of the Workshop to plan the 1999 R/V DR. FRIDTJOF NANSEN surveys in the northern CECAF area and the standardization of acoustic surveys in the region. Casablanca, Morocco, 18-22 October 1999. / Rapport de l'Atelier pour la planification des prospections du N/R DR. FRIDTJOF NANSEN dans la zone nord du COPACE en 1999 et la standardisation des campagnes acoustiques de la région. Casablanca, Maroc, 18-22 octobre 1999.
01/01/2001
A Workshop to plan the 1999 R/V DR. FRIDTJOF NANSEN surveys in the northern CECAF area and the standardization of acoustic surveys in the region was held in Casablanca, Morocco from 18 to 22 October 1999. This Workshop was a follow-up to the Workshop "A review of the surveys off Northwest Africa in the 1990s" held in Bergen in 1998 (FAO, 1998).
The Dr. Fridtjof Nansen Programme 1975–1993: Investigations of Fishery Resources in Developing Regions
01/01/1999
This document provides a review of practically all the surveys carried out with the research vessel “Dr. Fridtjof Nansen” from 1975 to the middle of 1993 in the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Complete lists of all surveys carried out by this R/V, and reports produced and of scientific staff participating in the surveys are provided as annexes.
Report of the Workshop on the Review of the Pelagic Surveys off Northwest Africa in the 1990s, Bergen, Norway, 28 September - 2 October 1998 / Atelier sur la revue des prospections acoustiques de la côte nord-ouest africaine dans les années 90, Bergen, Norvège, 28 septembre - 2 octobre 1998.
28/09/1998
A workshop to evaluate the R/V DR. FRIDTJOF NANSEN surveys in Northwest Africa was held in Bergen, Norway, from 28 September to 2 October 1988. Participants were representing the countries of the region, Gambia, Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal as well as Norway, Russia and FAO. The purpose of the workshop was to review the information available on the resources in the region and define better survey design strategies for the future.
