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On September 14 the 12th session of the UNU-FTP commenced. This year 19 fellows from 15 countries will take part in the training on 4 lines of specialization: Fisheries Policy and Planning, Stock Assessment, Quality Management of Fish Handling and Processing, and Sustainable Aquaculture. The first part of the UNU-FTP is a 5 weeks introduction to fisheries. During that time the fellows will spend 2 weeks in northern Iceland exploring the fishing industry and attending lectures on company management at the University of Akureyri.

Welcome to the new and improved website of the UNU-FTP. The main improvements are mainly in the "fellows" selection where users will have better overview of those who have finished the UNU-FTP. This web site enables observers to search our database of fellows according to lines of specialization, year, and/or country. As with most web sites we will strive to improving this new web site.

The selection of the group that starts on September 14 2009 is finished. It is expected that 22 fellows from about 16 countries will arrive in Iceland for training in four specialty areas; Quality Management of Fish Handling and Processing, Fish Stock Assessment, Sustainable Aquaculture and Fisheries Policy and Planning. The Sustainable Aquaculture will be run at Holar University College in Skagafjordur in northern Iceland.

On July 1st Dr. Tumi Tomasson returns to the UNU-FTP as the programme director after spending 15 months as ICEIDA country director in Sri Lanka.  Mr. Thor Asgeirsson who has served as the programme director in the absence of Dr. Tomasson will return to his former post as Tumi's deputy.    

Mr. Asgeirsson is now visiting Egypt for the first time and has he visited GAFRAD in Cairo and the Arab Academy which is run by the Arab League and is meant to train students from the Arab countries in Maritimes affairs. The Academy is establishing a new faculty/college on fisheries with emphasis on processing and aquaculture and has sought assistance from the UNU-FTP in developing the new faculty. Mr. Asgeirsson will return to Iceland on May 1st        

Dr. Tumi Tomasson has temporarily taken a post in Sri Lanka as the country director for Icelandic International Development Agency (ICEIDA). Dr. Tomasson will be, as from April 1st 2008, on leave from UNU-FTP for 15 months and in the meantime his deputy, Mr. Thor Asgeirsson, will act as the programme director.