Research and capacity building are foundational for sustainable fisheries.🐟🌊 These #WIOMSA2022 Special sessions will be sharing research and capacity building experiences in bottom trawling and coastal communities respectively.🌊🐟🌴 Blue Ventures Flora and Fauna

Our very own PI, Dr. Nelly Kadagi @billfishExpert, will be giving a #Keynote at the #WIOMSA2022 - the premier #marine science symposium in the Western Indian Ocean. #ocean #Leadership WIOMSA Women in Marine Science (WiMS) Dr. Nina Wambiji Dr Sarah Glaser 🐟🌊☮️ Rashid Sumaila Pascal Thoya Seas The Day 🌊 Njeri Kinyua

Wondering who will be at the #WIOMSA2022? Visit the oral presenters page symposium.wiomsa.org/oral-presenter… to see the diversity of people who will be covering the variety of topics we shall delve into.

Next on our line-up of REMARKABLE #Keynote speakers for #WIOMSA2022 is Chris Whyte! Whyte is the Director, African Circular Economy Network (ACEN) and co-founder of the ACEN Foundation. He will keynote on the Challenge of #Marine Plastic Litter: #Circular Economy Solutions

Thank you Sir, Ismael Kimirei. It was an honour collaborating regionally. We also worked with Lydia, #WaziriSalumHamed and Emmy Mwanjali. Great results from Zanzibar, Mafia island and Dar es Salaam, TZ. Looking forward to continuation of this work beyond the Billfish_Western Indian Ocean project.

Thank you Ismael Kimirei - we appreciate all the support!

Introducing Alison Clausen, #keynote speaker at the #WIOMSA2022. Alison is the Program Specialist & Deputy Global Coordinator, UN Decade of Ocean Science at IOC-UNESCO UN Ocean Decade

*Sign up for a WiMS womentoring session!* Fourteen WiMS senior scientists are offering mentorship sessions of 30-min to 1.5 hours to WiMS junior scientists at the coffee and lunch breaks during the #WIOMSA2022 symposium.

Super excited to be at the #WIOMSA2022. Looking forward to great talks from the Keynotes @billfishExpert,Jacqueline Uku among others, oral and poster presentations, special sessions, mini symposiums and catching up with old friends & making new ones. Billfish_Western Indian Ocean WIOMSA #SGDs

Happening now at #WIOMSA2022 is our Special Session on Marine Recreational Fisheries (MRF) in the WIO. Good start on context setting; What do we know about MRF? What are the implications of COVID19 on MRF in Africa? What are the potential impacts of fishing tourism?

#WIOMSA2022 Ongoing! Prof. Warren Potts Warren Potts kickstarts our mini symposia on Rec Fisheries exploring “An overview of challenges facing recreational fisheries management in Africa and abroad”

Billfish_Western Indian Ocean @billfishExpert Sarah Ater

2021 WIOMSA Annual Report is out! We are delighted to announce the release of our Annual Report for 2021. This special report focuses on WIOMSA’s progress in 2021, and reflects on its successes, challenges and opportunities.

Key features include a summary of WIOMSA's investment and impact in numbers, regional actions to promote the Blue Economy and efforts to achieve SDGs, Science to Policy processes, and partnerships in enhancing capacity in expertise and leadership.