Fisheries Training Programme

Science for Sustainable Fisheries

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A fisheries microcosm

After settling in the programme and adjusting to winter conditions in Iceland, the newly arrived 2024-25 cohort of fellows spent their second week drawing up a general outline of the status of world fisheries and aquaculture.
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Every morning fellows will take public bus to the small picturesque seaside village of Hafnarfjörður, 12 km to the south of Reykjavik, where training takes place.

Welcome 26th cohort of fellows

Over the coming days most of the fellows, invited for this year’s Six-month training, will arrive in Iceland.
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OSPESCA Alumni Meeting

Mr. Thor Asgeirsson, the GRO FTP director, had a virtual meeting with former fellows at OSPESCA in San Salvador.
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The GRÓ-FTP team at IIFET 2024. From left to right: Mutiat Motolani Salaudeen (Nigeria), Friday Jack Njaya (Malawi), Thong Ba Nguyen (Vietnam), Stefán Úlfarsson (Iceland), Olanrewaju Femi Olagunju (Nigeria), Herbert Nakiyende (Uganda), Chamari Tathsaramala Dissanayake Dadigamuwage (Sri Lanka), Samuel Bassa (Uganda), Kawooya Godfrey Kubiriza (Uganda), Chrisphine Sangara Nyamweya (Kenya) and Veronica Mpomwenda (Uganda).

GRÓ-FTP at IIFET 2024

Ten former fellows presented major research projects at IIFET 2024 held last week in Penang, Malaysia.

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