Collaborative Enhancement of Canadian and West African Partner Countries’ Technical Capacity for a Safe, Secure, and Sustainable Blue Economy

Debany Fonseca-Batista; Catalina Albury; Simone Le Gendre; Chukwuka Orji; Alberta Ama Sagoe; Christopher Milley; Kenneth Oguzie; Raffaella Gozzelino; Douglas Wallace

Collaborative Enhancement of Canadian and West African Partner Countries’ Technical Capacity for a Safe, Secure, and Sustainable Blue Economy

Debany Fonseca-Batista, Catalina Albury, Simone Le Gendre, Chukwuka Orji, Alberta Ama Sagoe, Christopher Milley, Kenneth Oguzie, Raffaella Gozzelino, Douglas Wallace

NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (NMS|FCM)

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	15-27
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Ocean Technology
Volume	17
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2022

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Collaborative Enhancement of Canadian and West African Partner Countries’ Technical Capacity for a Safe, Secure, and Sustainable Blue Economy

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