This time, the Overseas Fisheries Cooperation Foundation (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation)OFCFThe Fisheries Management Group, a training program commissioned by the Fisheries Industry Development Organization (Fisheries Industry Development Organization), has been conducting training for the Republic of Kenya and the Republic of C?te d'Ivoire in Africa.ASEANThe Republic of the Philippines, a Pacific island nation, and the Republic of Kiribati1name, total4We have accepted many foreign trainees.

　This training is aimed at administrative officials from countries with fisheries relations with Japan who are expected to play a leading role in fisheries administration in the future. This course includes specialized fisheries lectures, exercises, practical training, and individual research.2018We have been cooperating with this training program and accepting trainees since XNUMX.

　approx 1During the month-long training period, the trainees engaged in exercises and research projects at the Shinagawa campus, as well as participated in regional training, such as experience with set-net fishing and visiting a fisheries aquaculture center in Yamagata, and visits to seafood processing companies and fishing cooperatives in Chiba.

　October19At the closing ceremony held on the 2nd, each trainee expressed their gratitude to their supervisors and other related parties, and stated their aspirations to utilize the knowledge and experience they gained in this training for resource management and the development of the fisheries industry in their home countries. In his congratulatory speech, Executive Director Maita stated that not only did the trainees gain specialized knowledge, but also the connections they made with other trainees and the friendships they built with those involved in the training were invaluable assets, and that he hoped they would continue to cherish and maintain them in the future.

　Our university is promoting the training of people responsible for resource management and fisheries management.SDG14Starting with “Conservation and sustainable use of oceans and marine resources”SDGsThis is an activity that also contributes to the achievement of the above goals, and our university will continue to cooperate with such human resource development projects in the future.

 

[Training period at our university]
202410From 21th of the month11Month 19 days

[Instructor in charge of acceptance]
Professor Naoki Suzuki (Division of Marine Environmental Science)　

[Cooperating researcher]
Takafumi Arimoto Professor Emeritus
Professor Emeritus Osamu Baba

Situation at Shinagawa campus	Regional training session(Yamagata)
Regional training (Chiba)	Presentation of a certificate by Director Maita (in charge of international affairs)

　closing ceremony