The vessel will carry out its research work in the Ayeyawady Delta region and Taninthayi coastal region via the Rakhine coastal region. The marine research program is funded by the Norwegian government.
The vessel Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, owned by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, is being staffed and operated by Norway’s Institute of Marine Research. The vessel has previously operated along the west coast of Africa, supporting a number of bilateral science programmes between Norway and West African countries.
“We are going to take care of management after sending research data to the Fisheries Department. In the past, we have done marine research work despite lacking the capacity to do such work,” said Mya Than Tun, deputy director of the Development and Research department under the Fisheries Department.
“Now we know that the fishing equipment being used in Myanmar waters is causing so much damage to natural resources, damage caused by the use of ineffective fishing nets. Climate change is also having a harmful impact on natural marine resources. That’s why we are going to manage the research data—so we can use it for a long time.”
The vessel’s crew will conduct the research work from today until December 19.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, the vessel was previously used for research work on fishery resources in Myanmar in 1979 and 1980.
source: Eleven Myanmar
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