Here is a selection of some of the highlights of FTP's work in 2024 ...
GRÓ FTP
20 December 2024
Dr. Lanre completes his doctoral studies at the University of Iceland
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.
GRÓ FTP
19 December 2024
The balancing act
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.
GRÓ FTP
3 December 2024
A fisheries microcosm
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.
GRÓ FTP
17 November 2024
Welcome 26th cohort of fellows
Over the coming days most of the fellows, invited for this year’s Six-month training, will arrive in Iceland.
GRÓ FTP
5 November 2024
OSPESCA Alumni Meeting
Mr. Thor Asgeirsson, the GRO FTP director, had a virtual meeting with former fellows at OSPESCA in San Salvador.
GRÓ FTP
22 July 2024
GRÓ-FTP at IIFET 2024
Ten former fellows presented major research projects at IIFET 2024 held last week in Penang, Malaysia.
GRÓ FTP
15 May 2024
Congratulations FTP fellows 25th cohort
Today our 25th cohort of fellows graduated from the six-month training programme, in a cheerful ceremony held at the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute -- 25 fellows from 15 countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and the Pacific.
GRÓ FTP
13 May 2024
Graduation Wednesday 15th of May
A graduation ceremony for GRÓ Fisheries Training Programme’s 25th cohort of fellows will be held Wednesday 15th of May. The ceremony will take place at the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Fornubúðum 5 Hafnarfirði and start at 15:10. Concurrently, a poster exhibition of the final projects of the graduating fellows will be on display at the same location.
GRÓ FTP
7 May 2024
Fellows’ Matis seminar
Fellows on the Quality Management of Fish Handling and Processing line, hosted by Matis Research Institute, are the focus of attention in our third fellows’ research seminar (in a series of three).
GRÓ FTP
7 May 2024
Fellows’ Hafro seminar
Sustainable aquaculture & stock assessment fellows, both hosted by the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (HAFRÓ), are the focus of attention in our second fellows’ research seminar (in a series of three).
GRÓ FTP
6 May 2024
Fellows' UNAK seminar
Fisheries Policy and Management fellows, hosted by the University of Akureyri (UNAK), are taking center stage in our first fellows’ research seminar (in a series of three).
GRÓ FTP
19 February 2024
Cape Verde fisheries under study by former fellow
In a recently published paper a former fellow, João Antonio F. Brito, sheds new light on the status of the fisheries sector in his home country, Cape Verde, and its contribution to total output and employment.
GRÓ FTP
1 February 2024
Warsha Singh, a scientist at MFRI and the head of GRO-FTP ARAM line of specialization, at the UNESCO International Day of Women in Multilateralism 2024
Warsha Singh, an ecologist at the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute’s Pelagic division in Iceland, and former GRO-FTP fellow and the current the head of ARAM line of GRO-FTP, was selected to participate at the UNESCO International Day of Women in Multilateralism 2024. The forum took place 25 January at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France.
GRÓ FTP
26 January 2024
Always good weather
The group of FTP fellows specialising in fisheries policy and management are currently settling into daily life in Akureyri ... and have already made it into the local news.
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