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1 The Nansen Programme and cooperation in education and training Åsmund Bjordal Centre for Development Cooperation in Fisheries (CDCF) Institute of Marine Research (IMR) Value Creation in Ocean Space South Africa Norway Science Week Pretoria/Cape Town, 31 Oct 4 Nov, 2016

2 Centre for Development Cooperation in Fisheries CDCF

3 Center for Development Cooperation in Fisheries (CDCF) Coordinates expertise from 5 governmental institutions: Institute of Marine Research The Directorate of Fisheries The national institute for seafood and nutrition research (NIFES) The veterinary institute The food safety authority

4 CDCF: Contribute to Sustainable Utilisation of Living Marine Resources in Developing Countries Ecosystem Environment Capture Fisheries Policy & Managem ent Aquaculture

5 Development co-operation and capacity building since 1952 Current projects: AFRICA Angola Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Sudan ASIA China Malaysia Myanmar Sri lanka Thailand LATIN AMERICA Cuba More than 60 countries through the Nansen Program over 40 years. 2016: Namibia, Angola, Ghana, Congo-Gabon June: the vessel transferred from Norad to IMR

6 The Nansen Program The original idea, conceived in the 1960s: A research vessel available for developing nations. Operated from Norway with Norwegian crew and core scientific staff In close cooperation with FAO, uncoupled from Norwegian fishery interests, flying the UN-flag First vessel left Norway in 1974

7 The Dr. Fridtjof Nansen RVs named after the multitalented: Marine biologist Oceanographer Explorer Athlete Author Artist Ambassador Humanitarian and Nobel peace price laureat Fridtjof Nansen ( )

8 Dr Fridtjof Nansen (I) ready for leaving Bergen, Norway 1974

9 Dr. Fridtjof Nansen (II)

10 R/V Kristine Bonnevie (ex Dr. Fridtjof Nansen)

11 Delivery December 2016 In regular operation, April 2017

12 Existing vs new vessel Built Length over all 56,8 m 74,5 m Width 12,5 m 17,4 m Draft 6,6 m 6,4 m No of cabins No of berths Engine power 1980 kw 3900 kw No of laboratories 3 7 Lecture room/auditorium No Yes ICES 209 noise classification No Yes Dynamic positioning No Yes Work boat No Yes Observatory (birds/mammals) No Yes

13 Marine biodiversity/nansen: species collected in trawls, grabs and plankton nets Fish: 4600 species (2500 in photo data base) Invertebrates: 1800 species + (plankton, arthropods/crustaceans, echinoderms, bivalves, gastropods, cephalopods, reptiles ) In otherwise data poor ocean areas

14 Regional approaches in the Nansen Programme NW-Africa Benguela BENEFIT

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16 Swimming sea cucumber 1000 m depth Ghana

17 Deep coral reef in Ghana (Lophelia) m depth Studied using Video grab

18 On the job training at sea

19 NEW PROGRAM: FISH FOR DEVELOPMENT 3 main areas: Education and research (including the EAF Nansen program) Business development (including aquaculture) Management and legal issues

20 1.Education and research (including the EAF Nansen program) Continue and expand the EAF-Nansen program Extend the Hjort center for ecosystem dynamic studies in Bergen to provide guidance to researchers from development countries in utilizing data from the Nansen data base. (Part of the new EAF-Nansen Program: The EAF-Nansen Science Consortium) Technical training center for fisheries and aquaculture in Africa

21 The Nansen Science Consortium Main goal: to increase the scientific output from the Nansen-data (publications) Secretariat located at IMR cooperating with the Hjort centre The work will be organized in regional working groups inspired by the NansClim model (Benguela). Budget: about 5 mill NOK/year

22 Technical training center for fisheries and aquaculture in Africa Goal: to increase the capacity in technical diciplines related to fisheries research and management Will offer a selection of short courses (1-3 weeks) e.g. hydroacoustics, stock assessment, survey design, fisheries statistics..

23 New Nansen program phase ( ): Fish resources still central but wider scope, including monitoring the state of the marine ecosystems, biodiversity, acidification and impacts of climate change.

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