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Training of local research personnel in practical marine research and cruise operations will be conducted on board the vessel. 
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Signing of protocol of deliverance and acceptance on board the vessel. Luis Cotarelo signed on behalf of the shipyard Astilleros Gondan. Per W. Nieuwejaar from the Institute Marine Research (IMR) on behalf of IMR, Norad and the Ministry of Foreign Autorities.
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Dr. Fridtjof Nansen will assist developing countries in establishing ecosystem based fishery management through the Nansen Programme.
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The research vessel docked in Spain. The vessel has been built by the Spanish shipyard Astilleros Gondan.
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Dr. Fridtjof Nansen will collect physical and biological data from surveys in marine and coastal areas in developing countries. This includes sea floor and biodiversity mapping. 
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Brand new research vessel handed over to Norad

«Dr. Fridtjof Nansen» soon departing to Norway.

The new Dr. Fridtjof Nansen research vessel was handed over to Norad from the shipyard Astilleros Gondan in Spain Thursday 5 January 2017.

This is the third consecutive Norwegian research vessel dedicated to surveys in developing countries. 

The vessel is an integral part of the Nansen Programme, executed by FAO in close collaboration with the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) of Bergen, Norway, and funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad).

The programme has been the flagship of Norwegian development cooperation in fisheries for more than 40 years.

The vessel will soon leave the shipyard in Spain and go to Norway for further installations of equipment and testing. If everything goes as planned, Dr. Fridtjof Nansen will arrive in Bergen in a week’s time.

The baptising ceremony of the new vessel will take place in Oslo 24 March.

Published 06.01.2017
Last updated 06.01.2017