News

19 January 2024

Having an impact

How do we get where we want to be with our fisheries? How do we come up with policies that have impact? How do we ensure social acceptance of changes? What has worked in this and what has not worked?
14 December 2023

The big challenges

Some of the big challenges we are facing as inhabitants of planet earth, and its impact on fisheries, were the main focus of study during the third week of the 2023-24 Six-month training programme.
2 December 2023

Busy schedule for fellows

Marine and freshwater resources were the main focus of study during the second week of the just launched 2023-24 Six-month training programme.
22 November 2023

Six-month Training Programme underway

In an opening ceremony earlier today Þór Ásgeirsson, GRÓ-FTP director, greeted the incoming fellows and Þorsteinn Sigurðsson, director of the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, which hosts the programme, welcomed them into the house at Fornubúðir, which will now become their working place for the upcoming months.
1 November 2023

Knowledge Exchange Visit

Over the past one and a half week some good friends from the Pacific have been here in Iceland on a “Knowledge Exchange Visit” organised by GRÓ-FTP.