The participants of the 12th session of the #SWIOFC , joined yesterday in the #WorldOceansDay celebration in Maputo, #Mozambique 🇲🇿 on board of the research vessel Dr #FridtjofNansen of the #EAFNansen Programme.
Great to be on board #UNFAO #EAFNansen #Norway #marineresearch #unexplored #Indianocean #Myanmar #Diversity Fisheries & Aquaculture Havforskningsinstituttet @CMFRI_Kochi LostSharkGuy @WillWhitesharks
#SVC4SIDS #EAFNansen
FAOCaboVerde Programme Katya Neves
'The creation of a sustainable value chain for 🎣 products is not possible without the sustainable management of fisheries resources, which is why special attention to Fisheries Resource Management Plans is essential.'
Now that's an eel larva! Unidentified species of the Anguilliformes order caught in a pelagic trawl on 'Dr. Fridtjof Nansen', far out in the open ocean close to the Guinea Rise #EAFNansen Havforskningsinstituttet Food and Agriculture Organization
#DFNansen was sent off red carpet style for the Mozambiquean survey by ministers, ambassadors, FAO representatives, a string orchestra, and a speech in impressive portugese by IMRs Åsmund Bjordal #ecosystem #marinescience #EAFNansen Havforskningsinstituttet Fisheries & Aquaculture
Happy #InternationalWomensDay 📷 The #EAFNansen Programme is a global platform for promoting women in science. Since 2017, over 600 women from 30 countries joined surveys aboard the research vessel Dr. #FridtjofNansen and other activities.
Learn more: 👇 fao.org/in-action/eaf-…
And that's a wrap! #EAFNansen expedition to Sierra Leone Rise comes to an end. 30 days, 2.5k miles sailed, 5 seamounts mapped, stunning #deepsea #habitats discovered. So grateful for the amazing cultural exchange! #SDG14 #OceanDecade w/ #allhandsondeck
📷©EAF-Nansen, IMR/FAO
Norway has supported the #EAFNansen Programme for more than 45 years. Its work is highly relevant to the transformative agenda of the #OceanDecade & the #2030agenda .
We are delighted to learn that the programme is recognized as one of the Decade Programmes.
#SaveOurOceans 🌊
#EAFNansen Programme's research vessel Dr #FridtjofNansen completed 5 surveys in 2022 🚢🐟
In total, the vessel spent 284 working days at sea. Final 2 cruises resulted in information & data on transboundary small pelagic stocks in Africa, see here:
fao.org/in-action/eaf-…
Closing of the #EAFNansen Programme Forum in #Benin - 3 days on fisheries management, focus on small pelagics, great discussions - 29 countries - Fisheries & Aquaculture Havforskningsinstituttet now we need to execute the plans - Norad Norway MFA
#EAFNansen workshop for processing biological samples of #hakes for #stockidentification analysis close to the end. #hardwork Fisheries & Aquaculture Merete Tandstad #havforskningsinstituttet
The Fridtjof Nansen departed last week from Dakar to survey the pelagic resources on the Northwest African shelf, covering the waters from Senegal to Morroco. Sardinella and jack mackerel are among the commercially most relevant species in this area. #EAFNansen Havforskningsinstituttet
#CoastalFisheries Initiative-West Africa & #EAFNansen Programme 🦐
FAO & Ministry of the Sea 🇨🇻 promoting the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF)
Recognize the EAF as a guiding principle in decision-making processes & the implementation of 🎣 policies
Promote sustainable 🎣
First morning at sea of our pelagic fish survey off NW Africa, passing Fuerteventura (Canary Islands) on our way to Agadir 🇲🇦. #EAFNansen
