Recently, a member of the SPACES team attended a regional workshop in Nosy Be, Madagascar from 27 to 28 April, 2015. The workshop was convened by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Dr Emily Darling with the aim to bring together various researchers working on coral reef fisheries in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO).

The workshop was attended by about 17 people, representatives of the following countries and organizations: Madagascar (WCS, Blue Ventures, WWF, CNRO and HEAL/Darwin), Mozambique (UniLurio and SPACES), Tanzania (University of Dar es Salaam) and Kenya (WCS).

Gleaning on the reef flat is often a very important source of food and income. Here a SPACES team member documents what types of reef organisms are […]