25 August 2011
Mariyanuge Dileepa Samika Thanuksha de Croos, defended his Ph.D. thesis
On Wednesday August 24, Mariyanuge Dileepa Samika Thanuksha de Croos, defended his Ph.D. thesis: "Shrimp Populations in Western Sri Lanka: the Fishery, mtDNA Variations and Reproductive
Biology" from University of Iceland.
25 August 2011
Chamari Dissanayake, defends her Ph.D. thesis
On Friday July 8, Chamari Dissanayake, defended her Ph.D. thesis on "Assessment and Management of sea cucumber resources in the coastal waters of SriLanka" at the University of
Iceland.
13 July 2011
Second workshop on Performance Management and Leadership in AFAs in Malaysia finished
The second workshop on the development of a short course for managers and chairmen of Area Fisherman Association was held at Malaysian Fisheries Development Authority (LKIM) in Kuala Lumpur July
4-8.
16 May 2011
Short course development workshop on quality assurance for fish inspectors in Uganda.
This course is a part of the UNU-FTP short course development project where UNU-FTP works with fisheries experts in its partner countries in identifying
issues of great importance in the fisheries, and consequently develop a training course on that particular issue. This time UNU-FTP teams up with ICEIDA who has a long standing relationship with
Uganda in development assistance. Also on the development team are experts from MATIS – Food Research Institute and former UNU- fellows from Uganda that represent various fisheries institutes
in Uganda.
8 March 2011
Graduation of the 13th cohort of the UNU-FTP
On March 8, 17 UNU fellows graduated from the UNU-FTP. The fellows come from 14 countries and have specialized in three areas; Quality Management of Fish
Handling and Processing, Fisheries Policy and Planning, and Management of Fishing Companies and Marketing.
26 January 2011
Prof. Bjorndal meets with UNU-FTP fellows
The visiting lecturer, Prof Trond Bjorndal from the University of Portsmouth, has since Monday January 24 been lecturing and meeting with UNU fellows.