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Supporting sustainable fisheries in São Tomé and Príncipe
07/2025
Fisheries are a cornerstone of São Tomé and Príncipe’s economy, food security, and coastal livelihoods. Artisanal fishing operators provide vital income and nutrition for thousands of households. However, increasing pressure on marine ecosystems requires coordinated, science-based efforts to ensure long-term sustainability. This fact sheet provides a concise overview of the work carried out to address these challenges.
EAF-Nansen Programme. A partnership for sustainable fisheries and improved food and nutrition security (2024-2028)
04/2025
The EAF-Nansen Programme, a partnership between FAO and Norway with IMR, supports 32 countries in Africa and the Bay of Bengal to apply the EAF for sustainable fisheries. From 2024–2028, it bridges science and management to improve ocean governance, tackle pollution and climate change, and advance FAO’s Blue Transformation and the UN Decade of Ocean Science.
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Coral habitat fauna of northwest Africa: A photographic guide to taxa identification
04/2025
This photographic guide presents 167 taxa observed in coral habitats shallower and deeper than 200 m off Morocco, Mauritania, and Senegal during the 2020–2021 R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen surveys. It includes hard corals, sea anemones, hydrozoans, bryozoans, sponges, polychaetes, crustaceans, molluscs, echinoderms, ascidians, and fishes. It serves as a basic tool for taxonomic identification in the region.
Beyond borders: Advancing food and nutrition security through sustainable fisheries. Key achievements of the EAF-Nansen Programme 2017–2023
02/2025
This publication presents the results achieved from 2017–2023, and the phase referred to as “The EAF‑Nansen Programme: supporting the application of the ecosystem approach to fisheries management, considering climate and pollution impacts”.
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EAF-Nansen Programme’s work on marine litter and microplastics. Summary of achievements 2019–2023
02/2025
This report provides a summary of the results achieved by the EAF-Nansen Programme as part of its Science Plan, through additional funding received under an addendum, on the occurrence and impacts of marine litter and microplastics in the Gulf of Guinea.
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