The EAF-Nansen Project “Strengthening the Knowledge Base for and Implementing an Ecosystem Approach to Marine Fisheries in Developing Countries” (GCP/INT/003/NOR) is an initiative to support the implementation of the ecosystem approach in the management of marine fisheries. The aim is to promote sustainable utilization of marine living resources and improved protection of the marine environment.
Notionally, the project started in December 2006 but substantively from early 2008 and has a five-year time frame. The project is executed by FAO in close collaboration with the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) of Bergen, Norway and funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad).
The EAF-Nansen Project is set to strengthen regional and country specific efforts to reduce poverty and create conditions to assist in the achievement of food security through development of sustainable fisheries management regimes and specifically through the application of the ecosystem approach to fisheries in a number of developing countries. The initial focus of the project is on Sub-Saharan Africa.
The project is a means to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) related to eradication of poverty and hunger while simultaneously ensuring environmental sustainability.
 FAO/NEPAD Workshop on the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries and to Aquaculture (EAF/EAA) in Africa - Status, Lessons learned and Furure OpportunitiesNEPAD-FAO Fish Programme - NFFP, the EAF-Nansen Project and the Sweden-Netherlands Multidonor fund jointly organize, in collaboration with other partners, a Workshop on the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries and to Aquaculture in Africa, from 29 to 31 October 2012, in Accra (Ghana). The overall objective of the Workshop is to create a common platform of understanding of EAF/EAA concepts in Africa. More... > |  New cruise report summaries availableThe Nansen Cruise page is now updated with the 2010 and 2011 cruise summary reports. Go to the Cruise page > |  Mentoring Programme AnnouncementThe EAF-Nansen project is starting a mentoring programme that will support young and middlelevel fisheries scientists and managers to work with experienced scientists and managers to develop their skills and to work on real case studies. The beneficiary will be able to work with a mentor for up to three months. Where necessary the beneficiary could spend the three months away from his/her home country or institution and attached to the institution of the mentor. Download the Announcement> |
