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It is with great pleasure to announce that a fellow from 2019, Olanrewaju Femi Olagunju, has successfully completed his doctoral studies at the University of Iceland.

How Suðurnesjamenn, “The Southerners”, harness their inhospitable land and sea, seeking a balance between dare and awe, to provide for themselves and build up prosperous operations, is an inspiring story that our fellows set out to explore in a field trip Wednesday December 4th.

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.

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

Mr. Thor Asgeirsson, the GRO FTP director, had a virtual meeting with former fellows at OSPESCA in San Salvador.

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