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Pukyong National University Holds Completion Ceremony for Invitation-Based Training Program to Strengthen Tanzania’s Aquaculture Capacity

- Fifteen Tanzanian fisheries professionals complete a 14-day intensive training program on advanced aquaculture technologies and policies

The Institute for International Cooperation in Fisheries and Ocean Development at Pukyong National University (Director Won-Gyu Park) held a completion ceremony on March 12 at the Leadership Hall of the Dongwon Jang Bogo Building for an invitation-based training program to strengthen aquaculture capacity in Tanzania.

This training was conducted as part of the third year of the “Capacity Building Project for Aquaculture in Zanzibar, Tanzania,” supported by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), and took place over a two-week period starting on February 28.

A total of 15 participants―including one Assistant Minister from the Ministry of Blue Economy and Fisheries of Zanzibar, Tanzania, as well as aquaculture technicians from the Ministry of Blue Economy and Fisheries, the Zanzibar Marine Aquaculture Center, and the Zanzibar Fisheries and Marine Resources Research Institute―(1 senior official and 14 working-level staff)―completed the program and received their certificates.

The training program was conducted in three phases―an invitation-based program in the first year, a local training program in the second year, and another invitation-based program in the third year. As part of the program, participants visited institutions in the marine and fisheries sector, including the Busan Fisheries Resources Research Institute, where they directly observed Korea’s aquaculture technologies and policy operations, thereby enhancing their policy, technical, and field application capabilities.

Meanwhile, the Institute for International Cooperation in Fisheries and Ocean Development at Pukyong National University has been carrying out various initiatives in cooperation with the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and KOICA to transfer Korea’s advanced fisheries technologies to developing countries and distant-water partner nations. <Pukyong Today>