August 2017
Learning About Fisheries
By Luz Molina, I found myself travelling back to Tromsø to fulfill my first secondment and learn more about fisheries. As soon as I was in Scandinavia and handed my passport to immigration, I was [...]
Oh, sweet summer school: sweat, science, and surprises!
By Charlotte Weber, It is summer, and in a PhD student’s life this only means one thing – no, not holidays – but time to go for a summer school! That sounds fun, doesn’t it? [...]
May 2017
Iceland? Why are you going to ICELAND?
By Ixai Salvo Borda, Iceland, land of mystery. Iceland, land of “fire, ice and cod” (as my colleague Rannvá says in her blog post. For Basque people, Iceland also supposes a land of conquer, risk and [...]
Writing, reading, visualizing – a story about SAF21 collaboration and how a team can make you stronger
By Charlotte Weber, This last spring, during April 2017 I spent my days at the Center for Policy Modelling at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) in the UK. A collaboration with my fellow SAF21 colleague Shaheen [...]
April 2017
Plotting Seas with Python and ICES Shape File
By Shaheen Syed and Charlotte Weber, This example shows how to plot and color European seas with Python, Basemap and the ICES shape file. It serves as a basic example from which more elements [...]
March 2017
The land of fire, ice and cod
By Rannva Danielsen, On a cold, windy November day last year I got on a plane and fastened my seat belt securely in anticipation of a bumpy flight from the Faroe Islands over the Atlantic. [...]
October 2016
Networking & northern lights
By Rannva Danielsen, One of the many benefits of being part of a European training network is that we get to go on secondments. For those not familiar with EU jargon, a secondment is basically [...]
September 2016
Who am I? Confessions of an interdisciplinary researcher
By Rannva Danielsen, Nothing beats a good conference. A good conference will inspire your research, pose questions you hadn’t thought of before, and, if you’re still a young scientist, teach you a few things. It’s [...]
Fisherwomen: Do we really consider the complex and varied role women play in fisheries?
By Lia Ni Aodha, Women play a complex and varied role in fisheries. All over the world many women rely on fisheries for their livelihoods. Alongside this, many fisheries around the world rely on the [...]
An unholy alliance
By Kristinn Edvardsson, Being a first year PhD student can be quite confusing, especially when you are hired into a project such as SAF21. While I was taking my first unsure steps in this project [...]