National Pukyong University Hosts Invitational Training to Strengthen Senegal's Marine Fisheries Capacity

15 Senegalese Officials Invited
September 7 to 19

The International Cooperation Institute for Marine and Fisheries Development at National Pukyong University, led by Director Park Wonkyu, is conducting the "Senegal Marine Fisheries Management Capacity Building" invitational training program from September 7 to 19.

Trainees of the "Senegal Marine Fisheries Management Capacity Building" program are taking a commemorative photo. Photo by Pukyong National University

This project, supported by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), aims to improve national policies and strengthen policy implementation capabilities to prevent, monitor, and eradicate illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Senegal.

Senegal is a major fishing nation in West Africa with abundant marine resources, but it faces severe depletion of resources and disruption of the fisheries order due to illegal fishing.

In response, National Pukyong University has invited 15 fisheries officials and related practitioners from Senegal to provide both theoretical and practical training, including Korea's policies on illegal fishing, operational monitoring strategies and key case studies, and fisheries management methods using bioeconomic models.

Along with classroom lectures, trainees will participate in field programs, visiting the East Sea Fisheries Management Center, the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), and the Korea Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives' Vessel Safety and Operation Bureau to directly observe the policy and technological efforts being implemented in Korea to eradicate illegal fishing.

Park Wonkyu, Director of the International Cooperation Institute for Marine and Fisheries Development at National Pukyong University, stated, "By sharing Korea's advanced experiences through this invitational training program, we hope to lay the foundation for establishing a fisheries management system and an operational monitoring framework for sustainable fisheries in Senegal, while also contributing to stronger fisheries cooperation between Korea and Senegal."