Mozambique and Norway cooperate in oceanographic studies

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Mozambique and Norway cooperate in oceanographic studies

1:17 CAT | 18 Mar 2025

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The Oceanographic Institute of Mozambique (InOM), in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR), is carrying out a scientific expedition in the marine waters under Mozambican jurisdiction with the Norwegian research vessel “Dr. Fridtjof Nansen”.

The main objective of the expedition is to improve knowledge of the ecology and population dynamics of marine resources in Mozambique, investigating the main spawning grounds, early life stages (larvae), adult stock dynamics, genetic diversity, environmental and climatic factors to ensure food security and sustainable promotion of the blue economy.

The researchers consider that the first stage of the expedition dedicated to researching the larval stages of marine resources in the Sofala Bank, off the coast of the central region of the country, carried out between 9 and 25 February 2025, was successful.

The second stage of the expedition to explore fisheries resources along the Mozambican coast from Rovuma to Maputo began on 28 February and will run until 31 March, with the research vessel departing for other regions of the Indian Ocean. The vessel “Dr. Fridtjof Nansen” will return to Mozambican waters for the third stage of the expedition between 20 October and 10 November 2025, with a view to researching and mapping the seabed habitats of the Sofala Bank.

The first and second stages of the expedition were attended by a multidisciplinary team of 43 national scientists from various Mozambican institutions, including the Oceanographic Institute of Mozambique (InOM), Eduardo Mondlane University (Department of Biological Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Natural History Museum, Biotechnology Centre of Eduardo Mondlane University and the School of Marine Sciences of Quelimane).

Source: Noticias