Year of publication 2018

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Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

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Pages 6p.

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Publisher FAO ;

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Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

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Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) The Norway-funded Nansen Programme has supported developing countries in fisheries research and management for more than 40 years, evolving over time to address key drivers of importance for fisheries management. This makes it one of the longest running fisheries projects in the world (if not the longest). Over the years the programme has developed into a unique mechanism for cooperation, knowledge and manpower exchange in developing regions and particularly in Africa. On 24 March 2017, the programme agreement for the new EAF-Nansen Programme "Supporting the application of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries management, considering climate and pollution impacts " was signed in Oslo, Norway, by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad), the Norwegian Institute for Marine Research (IMR) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Fisheries and environmental surveys with the research vessel Dr Fridtjof Nansen have been an important and integral part of the program throughout its lifetime- and a brand new state of the art research vessel has been made available to the new programme. Thanks to the use of the UN flag, the R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen could easily move across jurisdictional boundaries and address transboundary issues. As for the EAF-Nansen project, the EAF-Nansen Programme is implemented by FAO in close collaboration with the Institute of Marine Research of Norway, who operates the R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen and provides scientific services to the Programme.

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Language English

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Also available in:

• French

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