NEW FISHERIES PROGRAMME MANAGER FOR THE MALDIVES

New fisheries programme manager for the Maldives. The International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) strengthens its Maldivian team and welcomes Hawwa Nashfa in her new role of Programme Manager at IPNLF Maldives.

Hawwa Nashfa will work on social and economic issues in the fisheries sector in the Maldives, and she will also contribute to research and solutions on tackling the plastic pollution from the fisheries sector.

Nashfa is greatly passionate about conserving the oceans and the seas, and on policies for improving and sustaining local livelihoods, as well as safeguarding the Maldivian one-by-one fisheries heritage and tradition. Nashfa is also interested in circular economy solutions for the plastic pollution that is currently one of the most visible forms of environmental pollution in the Maldives. She has previously worked with the Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources and Agriculture, and the World Bank on the Sustainable Fisheries Resources Development Project.

Shiham Adam, IPNLF Director for Science & Maldives, states:

“I am delighted Nashfa joins the growing IPNLF-Maldives Team. She will be working on an important, but somewhat neglected, area of social responsibility in the Maldivian tuna fisheries. Understanding social dimension of the fishery has now become very important for demonstrating greater social and ethical responsibility in the fishery supply chains”

 Nashfa says about her new role:

“I have always been really passionate about the Maldivian fisheries heritage, and so I’m very excited to join IPNLF, and join people from all over the world to promote and support sustainable one-by one fisheries in the world. I believe that sustainable and small scale fisheries such as in the Maldives need more recognition, and support for its importance to our livelihoods, economy, and in its use of sustainable fishing methods.

Nashfa has a MSc in Environmental Management and Policy from Lund University, Sweden, and double majors in International Political Economy and English Literature from the College of Idaho, USA.

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