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BENEFIT Program

The Benguela Environment Fisheries Interactions and Training (BENEFIT) Program was a regional marine science and training programme involving three member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC): Angola, Namibia and South Africa. Its overall goal is to promote optimal and sustainable utilisation of the Benguela ecosystem’s living resources by:

1. Increasing knowledge of fluctuations in important living marine resources of the Benguela Current, and improving understanding of the way in which environmental factors influence these fluctuations.
2. Developing human capacity and infrastructure for marine science and technology in the countries bordering the Benguela ecosystem, particularly in Angola and Namibia.
3. Providing system-wide data and information for input for management of both national and shared resources.

Through these activities, BENEFIT provided more effective management of the Benguela’s living marine resources, promote job creation and contribute towards food security for the region.

BENEFIT Programme commenced in 1997 and merged into Benguela Current Commission (BCC) in 2008. For more information on this programme, please refer to its dedicated website www.benefitprogram.org

 

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BCC CFAO Vacancy Announcement l 27-01-2012

Media Release

1.5 million Euro support for ecosystem approach to marine fisheries management

A joint research project that is expected to modernise and improve the management of key marine fisheries in Angola, Namibia and South Africa, will be launched by the Benguela Current Commission in Windhoek on May 27.

Aptly named ECOFISH, the project aims to improve the scientific assessment of hake, horse mackerel and sardinella – three fish stocks considered most important for securing the prosperity of the fishing industries of Angola, Namibia and South Africa, and the livelihoods of fishers and fish workers. Read more

€1.5 million support for EAF – Sancor Newsletter #95 – July 2011

The purpose of the Benguela Current Commission is to coordinate a joint research project that is expected to modernise and improve the management of key marine fisheries in Angola, Namibia and South Africa.

Aptly named ECOFISH, the project aims to improve the scientific assessment of hake, horse mackerel and sardinella – three fish stocks considered most important for securing the prosperity of the fishing industries of Angola, Namibia and South Africa, and the livelihoods of fishers and fish workers. Read more...

Visserye beweeg na hoer vlak – Republikein - 1 Junie 2011

Ensuring the Ecosystems – Fishing Industry News – June 2011

Joint research project launched – Maritime SA – May/ June 2011

Namibia, SA, Angola launch fisheries project – The Namibian – 30 May 2011

Angola, Namibia and South Africa prepare to sign Benguela Convention – Maritime SA – Mar/ Apr 2011

Treaty safeguarding sea environment is due in December – Business Day - 29 March 2011