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World Fish Migration Day 2018 Bangladesh

we are going to celebrate World Fish Migration Day 2018 through Biodiversity Conservation and Fisheries Research Center (BCFRC) and river visit program to distinguish about “Happy Fish”. River visit program entitle “Happy Fish and Happy Life” that is connecting Fish Rivers and People. Happy fish will create awareness to conserve migratory rote and also free moving in the river. Its a global and local event to rise global attention to need restore river connection for migratory fish.   

NGO, School, College, fishing community, organization, supporter, partner and local peoples are welcome to celebrate “Happy Fish and Happy Life” from 21 April 2018 to 27 April 2018. Details Click

Event coordinator: Md. Muzammel Hossain, Email: muzammel3@gmail.com, Cell: +8801683739497

Fisherman arrested for illegal Shark fishing in Bangladesh

Bangladesh Coast Guard have arrested 12 fishermen and recovered 4400 kgs of Sharks from a fishing boat in the Baleswar river, Sundarban on 4th February, 2017.

On information, a regular patrol team of the Coast Guard was called out to nab the poachers. ''They found the boat near Harinpala Ecopark and signaled it to stop. The boat attempted to escape, but the Coast Guard vessel was able to intercept it at around 7.30 PM,'' Operation officer of BCG's West Zone, Lieutenant Commander M Fariduzzaman told daily sun.

‘After the search, we seized 4400 kgs of shark from the mechanized boat,’ he said. The patrol team handed over the fishers to Vandaria Forest Office in presence of Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) and officers from the Department of Environment and Forest Department. A case has been lodged with the local police station in this connection.

In the Bay of Bengal, fishers net hundreds of tons Sharks and Rays every year which include many endangered species.  But Shark fishing is illegal in the Sundarban area.

3x PhD Student Positions to Research Cod Growth Chronologies at the University of Iceland

The Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Iceland invites applications for three PhD student positions to reconstruct the long-term growth chronology of cod in the Northeast Atlantic.

We are looking for three PhD students to join an international multidisciplinary team investigating the long-term, century-scale population dynamics of cod around Iceland and/or Norway. The research of two students would investigate otolith-based growth chronologies, while the second student would investigate temperature reconstructions based on otolith oxygen isotopes.  A University degree (Master of Science or equivalent) and excellent communication skills in written English are mandatory. Good quantitative skills and familiarity with fish biology and otoliths are of advantage. We expect the candidates to show outstanding motivation and initiative.

Two of the PhD positions will be based out of the University of Iceland in Reykjavik, while the third position will be based in Bergen, Norway. The positions will be funded for three years with a start-date as soon as possible. Annual PhD salaries are currently 4,380,000 ISK.

For further information, contact Dr Steven Campana at scampana@hi.is

Please see also: https://uni.hi.is/scampana/otoliths/jobs-and-students/