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Tuesday March 12th 2019 United Nations University Fisheries Training Program will hold a graduation ceremony for its 21st cohort of fellows. The ceremony will take place at the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (MFRI), Skúlagata 4, 1st floor and starts at 16:00.

These days our fellows are presenting their final projects, which they have been working on this winter, under the supervision of specialists in Iceland, including from the University of Akureyri. Indeed, the last set of presentations will take place at the University of Akureyri, Sólborg M202, Wednesday March 6th from 08:30 and be focused on a wide variety of fisheries related issues in developing countries.

Tuesday March 5th our fellows continue presenting the final projects which they have been working on over the last three months under the supervision of specialists in Iceland. Before lunch a set of presentations will focus on fish processing and quality management and take place at Matis, Vínlandsleið 12 Reykjavík. After lunch another set of presentation will focus on fisheries policies and management and take place at the “Sjávarútvegshús” Auditorium Skúlagata 4 Reykjavík.

These days fellows at the United Nations University -- Fisheries Training Program are presenting the final projects, which they have been working on over the last three months under the supervision of specialists in Iceland. The second set of presentations will be focused on fish processing and quality management and take place at Matis, Vínlandsleið 12 Reykjavík, Tuesday March 5th.

In the coming days our fellows will present the final projects which they have been working on over the last three months under the supervision of specialists from our Icelandic partner institutes. The first set of presentations will be focused on stock assessment and fishing gear technology and take place at MFRI Auditorium, Skúlagata 4 Reykjavík, Monday March 4th.

UNU-FTP fellows are working hard these days wrapping up the final project of this year's six-months training program. They will introduce it in a series of presentations scheduled for next week. The presentations are open to the general public. It is a great opportunity to learn about the challenges to fisheries all over the world.