Africa-Press – Angola. Cooperation between Angola and Norway in the field of fisheries will continue to prioritize research. This idea was put forward by the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Carmen do Sacramento Neto dos Santos, for whom, so far, the support received from Norway in training human capital has been decisive for the success of the various programmes.
The minister said that the study of the existing fishing stock in the country’s seas should continue to rely on this partnership.
Norway’s presence on the Angolan coast dates back to 1985, when the countries decided to carry out annual research cruises, with the aim of determining the abundance of the main resources and relating the dynamics with environmental challenges.
However, it is since 2018 that this partnership has been strengthened with the arrival of the ship “Baía Farta”. Earlier, in October 2017, it was the Norwegian fisheries research vessel “Dr. Fridtjof Nansen”, operated by the University of Bergen and the Norwegian Marine Research Institute, supported by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Fund (FAO).
Production figures for the country, in 2021, shared by Minister Carmem dos Santos indicate a figure of 550,000 tons of different fish, of which 70 percent from the industrial segment and 30 percent from artisanal fishing.
In 2020, the indicators estimated fish production at 380 thousand tons. Angolan aquaculture production covers only 5.0 percent of national consumption.
These numbers please the sector, but maintain the focus that it is possible to improve and within a strategy of valuing the blue economy. This is an area from which Angola intends to take advantage of the cooperation with Norway.
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