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* 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...

For decades, the EAF-Nansen Programme has collected data and information on demersal and pelagic sharks across the globe, creating one of the largest pools of shark records in the world that can be critical to better understanding these fascinating and valuable, yet poorly...

Casablanca, Morocco – “My background is in geomatics which is the discipline of gathering, processing and presenting geographic data, but I am particularly interested in ocean mapping” says Ms Hayat Ben-ayad, a 25-year-old Master’s Degree student at the Faculty of Sciences at the Hassan II University in Casablanca,...