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The EAF-Nansen project is “FAO's Success Story”.
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The year 2011 ended with the selection of the EAF-Nansen project as an “FAO Success Story”. The story of the project will be featured, among others, in the “FAO Success Stories series”, a new FAO Knowledge Management publication intended to showcase to the public and external stakeholders what FAO does and what it does well towards the achievement of the Organization’s mandate. Selection of the “Success Stories” is based on a number of criteria including measurable and positive impact at both regional and local reach, a wide participatory and consultative process, sustainable and replicable, establishing best practices/guidelines, building capacity and fostering interagency collaboration. For the EAF-Nansen project the following were also underscored:
To highlight the achievement of the FAO Success Stories, communication experts have been tasked to write the focus stories for the first issue of the Series. The EAF-Nansen piece has been written with the assistance of the Project Coordinator. The story features the critical data collected at sea through the work of the R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen, the project’s research vessel, and how the data are utilized by working groups on land to produce information that fisheries managers use to take critical management decisions about the fisheries. It also looks at the on-land capacity building activities carried out by the project including the courses held in partnership with universities in Africa, support to fisheries resources working groups, knowledge management and information sharing. It would be recalled that on the 150th anniversary of the birth of Norwegian Nobel laureate, explorer, statesman and diplomat Dr Fridtjof Nansen for whom the research vessel and the project were named, which fell on 10 October 2011, the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department came up with a press release (Inspiring FAO’s Work in Marine Fisheries) in which Mr Arni Mathiesen, the FAO’s Assistant Director General in charge of Fisheries and Aquaculture noted that as one of Europe’s great pioneers and humanitarians, it was apropriate that a Norwegian fisheries programme to support developing countries was associated with Fridtjof Nansen’s ideals – innovative, bold, and adventurous. The EAF-Nansen Project Coordination Unit (PCU) at FAO, Rome, wishes to thank all its partners and National Task Groups for the role that each has played to bring this honour to the project. This recognition will certainly spur us on towards our goal. |
ERA workshops held in Seychelles, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria.
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ERA workshop participants, Dar es Salaam,Tanzania |
As part of the activities of the EAF-Nansen in-country projects, ERA (ecological risk assessment) workshops were held as follows: Victoria, Seychelles (9 - 10 June) and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (13-14 June), Freetown, Sierra Leone (29-30 July), Monrovia, Liberia (2-3 August), and Lagos, Nigeria (9 – 11 August). Nigeria has just joined Cameroon and Gabon to work on a sub-regional management plan for the industrial shrimp fishery in the Central Gulf of Guinea. The other four countries are developing a management plan for their respective artisanal fisheries. The ERA workshops provide opportunity for the National Task Group to identify and prioritise issues requiring management attention. |
The second FAO International Training Course on EAF held at Rhodes University, South Africa.
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Rhodes University EAF Course participants |
The second FAO/EAF-Nansen project international training course on the ecosystem approach to fisheries was jointly organized by the EAF-Nansen project, the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Project (SWIOFP and the Rhodes University of South Africa in collaboration with the Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems Project (ASCLME). Rhodes University EAF Course participantsThe course was held from 8 August to 2 September 2011. A total of 17 fisheries management practitioners and researchers participated in the course. They were sponsored by SWIOFP, EAF-Nansen project and the EU-funded Rhodes University EAF Course participantsIndian Ocean Commission fisheries project. The international training course is intended to provide participants with the opportunity to:
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The third FAO International Training Course on EAF held at the Université Ibn Zohr in Agadir, Morocco
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The third FAO International Training Course on the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries was held from 12th to the 30th September 2011 in Agadir, Morocco. The 3-week course was jointly organized with the Department of Sciences of Université Ibn Zohr (UIZ) in partnership with the Institut National de Recherche Halieutique (INRH) of Morocco. The Agadir course was attended by 38 participants from 18 countries who were sponsored by the EAF-Nansen project, the FAO COPEMED project and INRH. It was opened by the President of UIZ in the presence of the Vice President of the Agadir Region of Morocco.
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Université Ibn Zohr EAF Course participants displaying their certificates, with them is Dr Gabriella Bianchi of FAO |
Expert Workshop on Ecosystem Indicators for EAF held in Rome
An expert workshop on ecosystem indicators for EAF was held at the FAO in Rome from 29 to 31 August 2011. The objective of the workshop was to identify ecosystem indicators that can be efficiently derived from data collected through scientific surveys in support to implementing an ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF).
Discussions were centred on the following review of key ecological issues that management need to address as part of the EAF, type of data that can be collected by research vessels to help address the above issues including survey data requirements to produce an appropriate and workable baseline and the use of research vessels to monitor ecosystem status (type of data, survey design, etc). The experts looked at options for monitoring the impacts of fishing on aquatic ecosystems as well as options for monitoring aquatic ecosystems, given an initial characterization of the system based on available knowledge.
Africa LME Caucus launched
On 16 May 2011 the idea of the Caucus of African Large Marine Ecosystem (LME) projects was formalized at a meeting that took place in Accra, Ghana. The purpose of the Caucus is to foster closer cooperation among African LME projects on issues of common concern, learning and sharing experiences, improving communication and coordination and developing ways to work in synergy. The LME projects are for the Canary, Guinea, Benguela and Agulhas & Somali Currents. The Coordinator of the EAF-Nansen project represented the project as well as the Canary Current LME project at the inaugural meeting. To read the first issue of the African LME Caucus newsletter, go to http://iwlearn.net/news/african-lme-news
Ecosystems 2010 meeting: Global progress on ecosystem-based fisheries management.
The meeting was held in Anchorage, Alaska from 8 to 11 November 2010.
This meeting brought together international fishery scientists, managers and stakeholders to share insights into the current status and future scenario on ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM). This meeting builds on the 16th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium, “Ecosystem Approaches for Fisheries Management”, held in 1998, as well as international symposia held in France, Iceland, and Norway in the last decade.
Two of the speakers were Dr. Johann Augustyn, Chair of the Benguela Current Commission Ecosystem Advisory Committee and Dr. Rick Fletcher, Director (Fisheries Research), Western Australia Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories, Australia. Johann and Rick are closely associated with the EAF-Nansen project; the former being a member of the project’s Regional Task Group for the Benguela Current Commission area and the latter a well-known instructor and facilitator for the project.
Dr Kevern Cochrane of FAO, member of the Steering Committee and Dr Kwame Koranteng, EAF-Nansen Project Coordinator co-chaired the session on the “Progress on Regional Application”. In the Case Studies and Practical Solutions Session, Kwame made a presentation on FAO’s work in putting into practice the ecosystem approach to fisheries. The presentation was prepared by Kwame himself, Kevern Cochrane, Gabriella Bianchi and Merete Tandstad all from FAO, Rome.
The 2010 Norad/FAO/IMR semi-annual meeting held in Oslo
The 2010 Norad/FAO/IMR semi-annual meeting on the EAF-Nansen project took place in Oslo, Norway on 14 and 15 October. The meeting was preceded by a seminar on Food security, poverty reduction and future challenges in fisheries. The four presentations made were:
- “The ecosystem approach to fisheries and the context of food security” by Kevern Cochrane, FAO;
- “The EAF-Nansen project and the livelihood of fishing communities in Africa” by Kwame Koranteng, FAO;
- "Globalization and the struggles of the small-scale fishers for their livelihoods and rights in Mafia Island, Tanzania” by Ian Bryceson, Norwegian University of Life Sciences; and
- "Aligning goals of biodiversity conservation with food security and poverty alleviation in fisheries” by Chandrika Sharma, ICSF.
The agenda items for the semi-annual meeting included updates on the implementation of the EAF-Nansen project, in-depth analysis of the two options for the continuation of the project, and 2010 planned surveys and tentative cruise plan for 2011.
CECAF-North area scientists complete survey data analysis and Nansis database training
Eleven scientists from all 7 countries in the CCLME (Canary Current Large marine Ecosystem) area have undergone training in the use of the Nansis database and survey data analysis software, in Dakar, Senegal from 20 to 26 October 2010. The course included installation and use of Nansis, survey setup and biomass estimation from swept area and also from acoustic surveys. It also included lectures in survey methodology, limitations and post survey analyses of survey data for assessment purposes. This is the third in a series of courses on survey data analysis and Nansis, organised by the EAF-Nansen project. The other two were in Accra, Ghana (2008) and Port Louis, Mauritius (2009).
SWIOFC Area scientists undergo fish stock assessment course.>
From 27 September to 8 October 2010, 18 scientists mainly from the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission (SWIOFC) area participated in a fish stock assessment course jointly organized by the EAF-Nansen project and the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Project (SWIOFP) in Mombasa, Kenya. Three of the participants were from West Africa.
The two-week course preceded a SWIOFC ad hoc Working Group on demersal and pelagic resources. The course components were: The role of fish stock assessment in the fisheries management process; Modeling fish stocks; Estimation of model parameters: Fitting models to data; Critical aspects of practical fish stock assessment. The course was lead by Pedro Barros assisted by Tarub Bahri (both of FAO).
Mr Dale Kolody of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) was invited to present an overview of the general characteristics and most problematic issues in large pelagic fisheries from a stock assessment perspective (e.g. widespread international fisheries with mixed species targeting, poorly quantified spatial stock structure, reliance on commercial CPUE as a relative abundance index, large-scale tagging programs, etc).
Commenting on the course, Mr Rondolph Payet, the Regional Executive Secretary of SWIOFP said “I believe we have a good team to build on to take things forward; the vision is EAF management plan implemented in each of the countries within the next two years”
Legislating for an ecosystem approach to fisheries – A review of trends and options in Africa
A study conducted by the FAO Development Law Service for the EAF-Nansen project on “implementation” of EAF in national legislation has been concluded. The study was lead by Anniken Skonhoft, then a Legal Officer at FAO, with contributions from two consultants Charlotta Jull (Italy) and Akunga Momanyi (Kenya).
The scope of the study was to review available international and regional legally binding and non-binding instruments relevant to the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF), and its implementation in Africa. The report of the study will soon be available on the EAF-Nansen project website and will also be published in French.
Six new mollusc species and one genus described
As part of an investigation into the benthic fauna of the Gulf of Guinea, six new species of the genus Turbonilla have been described. The authors worked on material collected during a cruise with R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen in July 2005. The species are T. krakstadi, T. anselmopenasi, T. iseborae, T. korantengi, and T. alvheimi and K. rolani under the new genus Kongsrudia.
In a paper published by F. Lygre and C. Schander in the Zootaxa (http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa), a journal for zoological taxonomists (Zootaxa 2657:1 – 17) the authors give the Etymology of the genus and species as follows:
The genus Kongsrudia is named in honour of Jon Anders Kongsrud, Bergen Museum, who has been instrumental in gathering and developing material during the GCLME project and putting it to scientific use.
Turbonilla krakstadi: The species is named in honour of Jens Otto Krakstad, who has lead many of the expeditions where the material included in this study was collected, and was fundamental in the initiative of getting a benthic part of the surveys.
Turbonilla iseborae: The species is named after the late Catherine Ekaete Isebor from the Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine research, Lagos Nigeria, who was local cruise leader and GCLME-representative during the cruises with R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen from 2004–2006 where some of the material used here was collected. Catherine was an outstanding scientist and a prospective leader from the region who died unexpectedly only months from finalizing her PhD in 2006.
Turbonilla korantengi: The species is named in honour of Dr. Kwame Koranteng who is the present EAF-Nansen Project Coordinator of FAO–FIMF. In the past he was chairman of the GOOS-AFRICA coordinating committee and director of the Marine Fisheries Research Division (MFRD) at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture in Ghana. He has always worked for the good of marine biology and fisheries research in the area.
Turbonilla alvheimi: The species is named in honour of Oddgeir Alvheim who is a senior technician of the Nansen program. Oddgeir has had a long career as a senior research technician at the Institute of Marine Research. He has participated in cruises connected with the Nansen program since the beginning of the 1980s and was the cruise leader on one of the GCLME surveys that provided material for this study. He has devoted his life to field work off the coast of Africa and is among those people with the best general knowledge of marine fauna in Africa.
New species found during R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen cruises.
During a bottom trawl survey conducted by the R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen off the coast of Mozambique, a new species of fish was encountered. Thanks to the typical ‘’goatee beard’’ present in the goatfish family, scientists immediately realized the rarity of this specimen, which in fact turned out to be a new species. In honour of the Norwegian explorer Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, the fish was named Parupeneus nansen. In a recent publication, taxonomist John E. Randall and Elaine Heemstra identified and depicted the Parupeneus nansen, as well as two other species that were discovered on expeditions with the R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen.
Parupeneus Nansen Photo by: Oddgeir Alvheim
In a similar survey in deep waters on the slope off Ghana several alien species, including the two below, were recorded.
Rhinochimaera cf Africana Photo by: Oddgeir Alvheim
Physiculus cyanostrophus Photo: Oddgeir Alvheim
This finding again emphasizes the rich biodiversity of this area. It is not uncommon to find unknown species and this must be a further stimulus to strengthen research.
In the framework of the EAF-Nansen Project, whose objective is the initiation of an ecosystem approach to coastal fisheries in Senegal, a public awareness campaign was undertaken by the Fisheries Department. The mission was made in the regions of Thies, Fatick, Louga and Saint Luis from Tuesday 6 to Friday 9 July 2010.
Côte d’Ivoire establishes EAF Project Management Unit
On 23 December 2008, the Minister of Animal Production and Fish Resources (MIPARH) signed the EAF-Nansen project document on behalf of the Ivorian government. This opened the way for the implementation of the EAF-Nansen Project in the country and was followed by the establishment of EAF National Task Group (NTG), the preparation of a project concept note, the development of a National Action Plan on EAF and the creation of a Project Management Unit. A budget line was opened at the public treasury for the functioning of the unit (provision of offices, equipment, etc...) from 2010.
A Work Plan to define activities for 2010–2014 was prepared. The planned activities include the completion of a study of the stakeholders in the beach seine fishery, the development of a management plan for the beach seine fishery. An important activity in the program of work is the formation and operation of the EAF National Task Group which is to include representatives of the oceanographic research centre, government functionaries, fishermen and fishing vessel owners. Another issue considered in the plan of work is the dissemination of information through the preparation of a documentary film on the ecosystem approach to fisheries.
R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen in Pakistan
The EAF-Nansen project’s research vessel, Dr Fridtjof Nansen, steamed north from Port Luis in Mauritius on 27 September on a 13-day transfer voyage to undertake 42 days of survey activities in Pakistani waters in cooperation with the FAO “Support to fishery resources appraisal in Pakistan”. While this is the first time that the 18 year old vessel has left African waters, in a way it returns to familiar surroundings, as the first Dr. Fridtjof Nansen (1974–1993) surveyed the same waters back in 1975–76. The R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen will carry out demersal, pelagic and deep-sea fisheries resource surveys from 12 October to 21 November. More information on the Pakistan surveys can be found on the survey blog: http://www.imr.no/forskning/bistandsarbeid/surveys/pakistan/en
Managing sea cucumber fisheries with an ecosystem approach. (FAO, June 2010)
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This technical paper of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) presents a logical framework to assist fishery managers in choosing an appropriate suite of regulatory measures and management actions for sea cucumber fisheries. The paper then elaborates on the uses, limitations and ways to implement these measures. The paper is based on the recognition that sea cucumbers, which are important marine resources for the livelihoods of many coastal communities and ecosystems as a whole, are being overfished
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Climate change and implications for fisheries and aquaculture
(UN Food and Agriculture Organization, December 2009) This collection of three technical papers addresses: the physical and ecological consequences of climate change on marine and freshwater environments; impacts on fisheries and local communities with a focus on adaptation and mitigation measures; and impacts on aquaculture with a review of potential adaptation and mitigation measures. The studies highlight that fisheries and aquaculture make a minor, but still significant contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions throughout the sectors’ supply chain. The report notes that ecosystem approaches to aquaculture and fisheries, as well as precautionary management, can help improve the resilience of the sectors. It calls for the integration of fisheries and aquaculture into national climate change and food security policies.
International Conference on Fisheries Dependent Information, Galway, Ireland 2010
At various EAF-Nansen project meetings, information brochure on the ICES conference on “Making the Most of Fisheries Information” which will be held in Galway, Ireland from 23 to 26 August 2010 was made available to participants. The conference, the first in the series of fisheries dependent information conferences, is on the collection and interpretation of traditional and non-traditional information in the context of the ecosystem approach to fisheries.
The EAF-Nansen project is encouraging scientists and managers in Africa to participate in the conference. The project will offer support to representatives of EAF National and Regional Task Groups who will present papers or posters that are in line with the objectives of the project or report results from project activities. |
For registration, submission of abstracts and financial support see the conference website: www.fisherydependentdata.com. You may also contact the EAF-Nansen project coordinator as soon as your abstract is accepted.
Margarita Lizárraga Medal Award goes to the Minister for Fisheries and Marine Resources of Namibia
The FAO Margarita Lizárraga Medal for the 2008/2009 biennium has been awarded to Hon. Abraham Iyambo, Minister for Fisheries and Marine Resources of Namibia in “recognition of his leadership at the national, regional and international levels in relation to the application of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries”. According to the Director General of FAO, Dr Jacques Diouf, Hon. Iyambo, the first individual to be awarded the medal, “achieved this through implementation of responsible fisheries science, policies and management as well as through substantive contribution to the negotiations leading to the Reykjavik Declaration on Responsible Fisheries in the Marine Ecosystem, to the establishment of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem Project (BCLME), the Benguela-Environment-Fisheries-Interaction and Training Programme (BENEFIT) and the South East Atlantic Fisheries Organization (SEAFO)”.
The FAO Conference instituted the Margarita Lizárraga Medal Award in 1997 to go to a person or organization that has served with distinction in the application of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. The Medal pays tribute to Ms Margarita Lizárraga, FAO Senior Fishery Liaison Officer, for her role in promoting the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries.
Congratulations, Dr Iyambo
EAF-Nansen project at the BCC Forum
The First Annual Science Forum of the Benguela Current Commission (BCC) was held at Swakopmund Hotel and Entertainment Centre in Swapomund, Namibia from 23 to 25 November 2009. The BCC “is a multi-sectoral initiative by Angola, Namibia and South Africa to promote integrated management, sustainable development and protection of the environment using an ecosystem approach to ocean governance” (www.benguelacc.org).
About 30 projects addressing the BCC science program are being formulated for implementation and cover six broad thematic areas namely; ecosystem approach to fisheries management, living marine resources research and management, biodiversity and ecosystem health, water quality and pollution, oceanographic and coastal monitoring and data and information management. Status of formulation or implementation of some of these projects was reported on at the Forum.
The EAF-Nansen Project Coordinator, Dr Kwame Koranteng participated in the Forum. In his presentation, the Coordinator informed the participants that following the BCC call for proposals, the EAF-Nansen project expressed interest in the following projects:
- Implementing a process which allows the review (auditing) and tracking of EAF (EAF/09/01)
- Provide guidance on institutional arrangements which support an ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF/09/02)
- A strategy to develop and integrate the human dimension of an ecosystem approach to fisheries in the region (EAF/09/12)
These projects were considered to be a logical follow-up to the FAO-assisted EAF pilot project done under the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem project. (“To investigate the feasibility of EAF management in the BCLME region through examining the existing issues, problems and needs related to EAF and developing different management options to achieve sustainable management of the resources at an ecosystem level”). The projects will be implemented by FAO, BCC and partners and the project documents are being finalised. The EAF-Nansen project is expecting to learn lessons from the three projects for possible replication in other areas in Africa.
The SWIOFP/ASCLME Surveys
The R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen has just completed 82 days of ecosystem survey work in the South West Indian Ocean (SWIO) working in the waters of Mozambique (15 days), Madagascar (40 days) and Comoros (27 days). These surveys were funded by the EAF-Nansen project, the Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries Project (SWIOFP) and the Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystem (ASCLME) project.
SWIOFP objectives for the surveys were:
- Acoustic survey for small pelagic fishes with pelagic trawls to determine the species composition of fish aggregations;
- Bottom trawls for demersal fishes where bottom type and topography allowed;
- Biological sampling to determine species composition, numbers and weight of catches, size, sex, maturity and genetic sampling of prioritized crustaceans, demersal and pelagic fishes;
- Marine mammal and sea-bird observations;
- Benthic grab samples along transects;
- Environmental sampling of water temperature, salinity, depth, bottom type at all sampling stations; and
Bottom mapping using a multibeam echosounder.
ASCLME objectives for the surveys were:
- Environmental sampling at stations along transects perpendicular to the coast, using a CTD unit with water samplers lowered to depths of up to 2000m;
- At each station along the transect, which stretched from near the coast to a distance offshore where depth exceeded 2000m, environmental samples (temperature, salinity, chlorophyll a, dissolved oxygen, stable isotopes etc.) were collected at fixed depths;
- A multinet was deployed to collect phyto- and zooplankton samples;
- Collection of fish samples for a biodiversity survey;
- Collection of genetic samples of fishes for biodiversity purposes
The survey plans for the two projects have been adversely affected by the piracy situation in the Indian Ocean that has in fact prevented the Dr Fridtjof Nansen from working in Kenyan and Tanzanian waters.
The R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen Southern Indian Ocean Seamounts Cruise
The R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen, the flagship of the EAF-Nansen project, and operated by the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Bergen, Norway, is battling the waves in the southern Indian Ocean on the survey of seamounts. According to its coordinator, Dr Kwame Koranteng, the EAF-Nansen project is providing an excellent platform for the field work of the GEF-funded Seamounts Project “Applying an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management in the High Seas – a Focus on Seamounts of the southern Indian Ocean”. The project itself is under the leadership of IUCN and has distinguished partners including the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), the Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems (ASCLME) project, the African Coelacanth Ecosystem Programme (ACEP), the University of Reunion Marine Ecology Laboratory (ECOMAR) and the EAF-Nansen project (acting on behalf of the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) of Norway). The EAF-Nansen project is contributing nearly 60% of the vessel cost for the survey with the partners making up the difference.
The project is addressing the three main barriers to sustainable fisheries management and marine biodiversity conservation in the high seas:
- Lack of scientific knowledge about seamount ecosystems and their relationship with fisheries resources
- Lack of comprehensive and effective governance frameworks for marine biodiversity in the high seas
- Difficulty of managing offshore fish stocks, including monitoring, control and surveillance
The Cruise Leader, Dr Åge Høines of IMR, has considerable experience on deep sea fisheries. Mr Oddgeir Alvheim, also of IMR is capturing exciting moments and rare sights on camera. The pictures coming out of this survey are simply fantastic.
Visit the survey blog at http://seamounts2009.blogspot.com/ for really exciting news and photos of extremely rare species including the ones below.
EAF Course at the University of Ghana
The EAF-Nansen project and the Department of Oceanography and Fisheries (University of Ghana) will be organising an International Training Course on Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF) at the University of Ghana, Legon, Accra. The course will be given in English. The course is intended to give a wide understanding of processes affecting local and sub-regional marine ecosystems to improve their fisheries resource management, sustainable exploitation and production.
Candidates who complete the three-week course will be awarded a Certificate from the Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of Ghana. Most of the course topics will be given as lectures alongside case studies and field trips. The EAF-Nansen project will provide some funding for the course.
Deborah Catena Joins EAF-Nansen Project Team
Ms Deborah Catena started working with the EAF-Nansen project team in Rome as a Volunteer. Deborah, a marine biology graduate, is pursuing postgraduate studies at the Universita' La Sapienza in Rome, Italy. Deborah will be with us for an initial period of 6 months. She speaks Italian, French, English and Spanish.
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Deborah during her time at the Marine Turtles Conservation Project, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico |