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10/11/2022

The ICP Connect scholarship call for academic year 2023-2024 is now open! VLIR-UOS welcomes scholars to 15 master programmes taught in English at Flemish universities in Belgium.

Funding is available for 10 scholars for each of the 15 ICP Connect programmes.

Discover the scholarship, the individual Master programmes, and the eligibility and selection criteria on www.vliruos.be/en/icpconnect-scholarships.

12/09/2022

The annual meeting of the FishBase Consortium, preceeded by a two day symposium, was organised this year by WorldFish in Penang (Malaysia). The hybrid meeting, with members participating both virtual and in person, is an excellent opportunity to discuss last year's progress and future challenges, and to strenghten relationships between the increasingly numerous partner institutions.

30/05/2022

From 07/03 to 27/05 the RMCA organised the 18th session of the annual training in fish taxonomy and on the use of FishBase. Five African ichthyologists from Benin, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Madagascar succesfully completed their training.

2/05/2022

From two to twelve: a team of Belgian researchers has described ten new species of small predatory fish from Lake Edward. Scientists have long suspected that this lake between the DR Congo and Uganda is home to exceptional fish diversity.

More information here. To download the publication, click here.

Dominant male of the new species Haplochromis glaucus.

27/01/2022

Now available in open access:

Musschoot T., Boden G. and Snoeks J., 2021. Identification guide to the Clupeiformes of the inland waters of Africa. Zoological Documentation Series, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren. 149p.

Clupeiformes are one of the most economically important fish groups in the world. This guide focusses on the clupeiform species from the African inland waters, including Madagascar and the islands between Madagascar and mainland Africa.

03/12/2021

On December 3rd, four African ichthyologists finished a three months training course on "FishBase and Fish Taxonomy". Congratulations! More information on this training and the next session can be found here.

08/11/2021

Du 7 mars au 27 mai 2022, le MRAC organise une nouvelle session de formation "FishBase et la taxinomie des poissons". La date limite de candidature est le 31 décembre 2021. Plus d'informations sur l'appel ici; le formulaire de candidature se trouve ici.

Cette session est organisée en français. Seules les candidatures des candidats francophones seront prises en consideration.

06/08/2021

Preceeding the annual meeting of the FishBase Consortium, and celebrating 30 years of FishBase and 15 years of SeaLifeBase, a symposium will be organised in Paris (France) on 6 and 7 September 2021. All details can be found here. 

09/06/2021

Co-authored by FishBase project coordinator Rainer Froese (GEOMAR, Germany) and FishBase-for-Africa coordinator Jos Snoeks (RMCA), the first-ever stock assessments in the Lake Edward System (East Africa) were published by Laban Musinguzi (NaFIRRI, Uganda), a former FishBase trainee who is currently pursuing his PhD supported by the RMCA and NaFIRRI. See this link for more information and here for the publication.

23/04/2021:

In the framework of a PhD study at the UHasselt (Belgium) and Nord University (Norway), a survey on (genetic) indicators for fisheries monitoring and management was released.

The goal of this survey is to address the current lack of genetic indicators for fish stocks. Opinions, needs and expectations of stakeholders and experts from different locations and different areas of expertise will be compared.

Expertise with genetic techniques is not needed to participate. The survey can be found here.

03/02/2021:

--UPDATE: Deadline extended to 8 February--

The 2021 Annual Symposium of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles focuses on the functional role of fish and fisheries in aquatic ecosystems, at a time when the impact of man has never been so extensive. Topics range from the fundamental to the applied, from a small to a large scale, from the past to the future, provided that fish and fisheries take a prime role.

The Annual Symposium will be held online from Monday, July 5 until Thursday, July 8, 2021. See the FSBI website for more information.

29/01/2021:

The call for the third cohort of the One Planet Fellowship, offered by the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD), is now open. 

The call seeks applicants from Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, and Zambia. 

The deadline for applications is February 15, 2021.

14/01/2021:

The Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) and the KU Leuven (Leuven University) jointly offer a full-time position (50 % workleader at the RMCA and 50 % tenure track professor at the KU Leuven): Eco-evolutionary relationships in African Cichlid radiations.

 For more details, see Vacancies (kuleuven.be).

14/12/2020:

FishBase and SeaLifeBase anniversary podcast

A limited series where the pioneers behind FishBase and SeaLifeBase talk about the mission of these online global biodiversity information systems.

Created to celebrate the 30th anniversary of FishBase and 15th anniversary of SeaLifeBase.

https://anchor.fm/sea-around-us/episodes/Rainer-Froese---FishBase-and-SeaLifeBase-Anniversary-Podcast-eghf6r

24/11/2020:

From 1 March to 21 May 2021 the RMCA organises its anual "FishBase and Fish Taxonomy" training, this time for 5 English- speaking, African scientists. 

The full call, including all details, and the application form are available on 
https://www.africamuseum.be/en/research/training/fishbase.

The deadline for applications is 10 January 2021.

1/10/2020:

The annual meeting of the FishBase Consortium, reviewing last year's progress and discussing the new work plan, was held from 07 to 11 September 2020. Due to Covid-19 measures this was a virtual meeting, hosted by the University of British Columbia, which  required quite a bit of puzzling because of the many different time zones of the participants. Despite the succes of this event we hope to meet physically in Paris next year!

10/08/2020:

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of FishBase, Q-Quatics has released a video "FishBase and SeaLifeBase by the numbers" focussing on the wealth of data that feed the databases.

20/04/2020:

02/03/2020:

The 2020 FishBase training started on Monday 02 Mars and will continue for 12 weeks until 22 May. Five candidates, coming from Senegal (2), Benin, Burkina Faso and DRC were selected out of more than 100 applications.

13/03/2019:   

Different types of grants are available through TWAS

(The world academy of sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries).

For more info: https://twas.org/opportunities/.

In addition a “Cooperation Visits Programme” exists for sub-Saharan scientists to go to an institute in Germany.

See https://twas.org/opportunity/twas-dfg-cooperation-visits-programme.

05/12/2018:   

In 2019 the RMCA organises a “FishBase and Fish Taxonomy” training session. Applications are accepted until 15 January 2019:

application form FISHBASE 2019.doc 

This edition will be held in English . Only applications from English-speaking candidates will be considered.

09/11/2018:

Call for proposal:

German-African Innovation Incentive Award 2018. 

See call for the English version of the announcement and appel for the French version.

The aim of the measure is to promote the translation of research findings into practical solutions which benefit African societies and improve the living conditions for people in Africa in the longer term.

The award will be granted for an existing achievement and will make it possible to develop a follow-up project with which the partners can advance their research findings with a view to future commercial exploitation.

The prize money amounts to 150,000 euros.

20/08/2018:

Second call for student mobility within Africa (deadline 30/08/2018). The MOUNAF consortium offers scholarships for African students to do a master or PhD programme at an African partner institution. See www.mounaf.com.

22/02/2018:   

The first announcement for the 6th Conference of the Panafrican Fish and Fisheries Association (PAFFA) has been released, which will take place from 24 to 28 September 2018 in Malawi.

See this link for the announcement.  (change of date!!)

06/11/2017:   

In 2018 the RMCA organises the 14^th “FishBase and Fish Taxonomy” training session. Applications are accepted until 20 December 2017.

This edition will be held in French. Only applications from French-speaking candidates will be considered.

25/09/2017:A third 'Local FishBase and Fish Taxonomy' training session was held in Ngaoundere (Cameroon) from 14 to 20 September 2017. This training session was organised by Arnold Bitja, alumnus of the annual FishBase and Fish Taxonomy training that is organised at the RMCA in Belgium (see also fishbase.africamuseum.be).

15/09/2017: From 04 to 08 September 2017, the Royal Museum for Central Africa organised and hosted the annual meeting of the FishBase Consortium. During this meeting, last year’s progress and the work plan for the coming year are discussed.

07/09/2017: On 05 September 2017 the Royal Museum for Central Africa organised the 15^th FishBase Symposium. A pdf version of the Book of Abstracts can be requested via fishbase@africamuseum.be .