Deadline: 24 March 2015
The Netherlands Fellowship Program (NFP) is accepting applications from the working professionals in the sector of fisheries management to participate in the Wageningen UR Center of Development Innovation (CDI) short course Ecosystem approach to fisheries: Monitoring and evaluation of aquatic resource use for a sustainable fish supply. The short course is to be held from 21 September – 9 October 2015 in the Netherlands.
The course is aimed at monitoring and evaluating the resource use and wider impacts of fisheries. The course participants will visit a Dutch fishery’s setting. During the course, participants will learn from each other’s professional issues, experiences and possible solutions.
Upon completion of the course the participants will
- Have a better understanding of the ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF).
- Know how to apply EAF in your own situation.
- Know how to analyze fisheries catch and effort data.
- Be better equipped to evaluate the information that results from these data.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must have at least three years of relevant working experience in fisheries management, research, higher education in fisheries related subjects, fisheries extension and training, development of coastal or lakeside communities or other fisheries related work fields.
For more information, please visit Ecosystem approach to fisheries.
