Deadline: December 18, 2023
Applications are open for the ITEC/ITCOocean Training Program on Fishery Oceanography for the Ocean Decade 2024. Understanding of fishery oceanography is needed by many young researchers. This course is devised, to familiarize the young professionals in the Indian ocean-rim (IOR) countries with the latest developments in this field.
The UN have proclaimed 2021-30 as decade of ocean science for sustainable development and one of the important challenges identified under it is to feed global populations sustainably while ensuring health of the marine ecosystems.
Aims & Objectives
- To make the participants thorough with various aspects of oceanography.
- To develop understanding of influence of oceanographic processes to the fisheries.
- To familiarize participants with various tools/approaches being used by researchers in this field.
Funding
- This training is funded by Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme.
Eligibility
- This course is exclusively designed to train the fisheries professionals.
- Relevant professionals from the Indian Ocean-rim (IOR) countries are highly encouraged to apply.
- Candidates should have a fundamental knowledge of marine biology (fisheries).
- Seaworthiness (part of the training i.e., field sampling will be on a boat)
- The medium of instruction is English, hence good working knowledge of English is a must.
- Participants should bring their own laptops and preferably their own datasets.
Application
The training course will be held in-person at ITCOocean, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad, India. Training Dates: January 18 – February 7, 2024.
For more information, visit ITEC/ITCOocean Training.
