Meeting of experts to discuss joint expeditionary research of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Angola during the Great African Expedition 2024-2026

 

The meeting was held within the framework of the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Angola on cooperation in fisheries and aquaculture dated April 4, 2019.

 

The Russian delegation was headed by Deputy Director and Head of the Atlantic branch Konstantin Bandurin. The Angolan delegation was headed by Filomena Velho, Director of INIP.

 

During the meeting, scientists from the two countries discussed the objectives of the upcoming joint expeditionary research work.

 

The meeting discussed issues of technical organization of the upcoming work, including areas and stages of research, a scheme of positions of the planned grid of control trawlings, and conditions for participation of Angolan specialists in the expedition.

 

It was decided to continue a detailed discussion and agreement on the technical parameters of the planned joint research program in Angolan waters in the near future at an additional meeting with an expanded group of Angolan specialists in demersal and pelagic species of aquatic bioresources.

 

For reference

 

Scientific cooperation between our countries in the field of fisheries and fishing began in the 70s of the last century. The first intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the field of fisheries between the USSR and Angola was signed in May 1976; 2026 will mark 50 years since this event. In 1976-1991, the domestic fleet fished in Angolan waters on the basis of an intergovernmental agreement. During these years, there was active cooperation between the branch scientists and the Angolan Fisheries Research Center. Researchers from the Atlantic branch of VNIRO were repeatedly sent to Angola for joint work with Angolan specialists. Currently, the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Angola on cooperation in the field of fisheries and aquaculture, signed on April 4, 2019 in Moscow, is in force.

 

VNIRO Press Service