UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
SCHOOL OF AQUATIC SCIENCES AND FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY (SOAF)

JULIUS WOISO FRANCIS

Senior Lecturer , School Of Aquatic Sciences And Fisheries Technology
Education:

BSc (Geology) (Dar), PGD (Dalhousie University, Canada), PhD (Flinders University of South Australia)

Teaching:

Dr Woiso teaches several courses at the undergraduate and PhD levels at the School of Aquatic
Sciences and Fisheries Technology including Physical and geological oceanography; Advanced
oceanography; Law of the Sea and inland waters and Aquatic systems, climate variability and
change

Research:

A Norad-funded project, Samaki: Fisheries, nutrition, livelihoods, gender and rights in
Tanzania
 The development of the new management plan for small and medium pelagics fisheries in
mainland Tanzania

 A Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)-funded Vulnerability to
Viability (V2V): Global Partnership for Building Strong Small-Scale Fisheries Communities

Projects:

A Norad-funded project, Samaki: Fisheries, nutrition, livelihoods, gender and rights in
Tanzania
 The development of the new management plan for small and medium pelagics fisheries in
mainland Tanzania

 A Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)-funded Vulnerability to
Viability (V2V): Global Partnership for Building Strong Small-Scale Fisheries Communities

Publications:

Kai, K.H., Francis, J. and Shaghude, Y.W. (in press) The comparison of the Reanalysis
1Data with the In-Situ observations: Case Study 2016 and 2019 Data Sets for Zanzibar.
Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science
 Maina, J.M., Gamoyo, M., Adams, V.M., D'agata, S., Bosire, J., Francis, J., Waruinge, D.
2019. Aligning marine spatial conservation priorities with functional. Connectivity across
maritime jurisdictions. Conservation Science and Practice. 2019;e156. DOI:
10.1111/csp2.156
 Jambeck, J., Hardesty, B.D. Brooks, A.L., Friend, T., Teleki, K., Fabres, J., Beaudoin, Y.,
Bamba, A., Francis, J., Ribbink, A.J., Baleta, T., Bouwman, H., Knox, J., & Wilcox, C. 2017.
Challenges and emerging solutions to the land-based plastic waste issue in Africa. Marine
Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2017.10.041.
 Groeneveld, J., Koranteng, K. & Francis, J. (2017) The Nansen – more than just a research
ship. In Groeneveld, J.C. and Koranteng, K.A. (Eds): The RV Dr Fridtjof Nansen in the
Western Indian Ocean: Voyages of marine research and capacity development. FAO, Rome,
Italy. 1-7
 Francis, J., Koranteng, K., Ngoile, M., Strømme, T., & Waruinge, D. (2017) Impact on
science, capacity development, policy & fisheries management. In Groeneveld, J.C. and
Koranteng, K.A. (Eds): The RV Dr Fridtjof Nansen in the Western Indian Ocean: Voyages of
marine research and capacity development. FAO, Rome, Italy.125-141
 Groeneveld, J., Koranteng, K., Francis, J. & Bianchi, G. (2017) The Nansen Programme in
the Western Indian Ocean – a synthesis of results. In Groeneveld, J.C. and Koranteng, K.A.
(Eds): The RV Dr Fridtjof Nansen in the Western Indian Ocean: Voyages of marine research
and capacity development. FAO, Rome, Italy.143-159
 Francis, J., Koranteng, K., Bianchi, G. & Groeneveld, J. (2017) The way forward – where the
Nansen Programme should focus in future. In Groeneveld, J.C. and Koranteng, K.A. (Eds):
The RV Dr Fridtjof Nansen in the Western Indian Ocean: Voyages of marine research and
capacity development. FAO, Rome, Italy.161-171