1. AFROBIS Report CoML ISSC meeting Cape Town, 17 June 2009 Marten Gründlingh and Ursula v St Ange

2. Marine and Coastal Management S. A. Navy CSIR S. A. Environmental Observation Network Namibian Ministry for Fisheries & Marine Resources S.A. Weather Service Institute for Maritime Technology University of Cape Town Industry S. A. Network for Coastal and Oceanic Research Census of Marine Life ODINAFRICA Supervision and Funding Steering Committee

3. Marine and Coastal Management S. A. Navy CSIR S. A. Environmental Observation Network Namibian Ministry for Fisheries & Marine Resources S.A. Weather Service Institute for Maritime Technology University of Cape Town Industry S. A. Network for Coastal and Oceanic Research Census of Marine Life ODINAFRICA SADCO Supervision and Funding

4. Marine and Coastal Management S. A. Navy CSIR S. A. Environmental Observation Network Namibian Ministry for Fisheries & Marine Resources S.A. Weather Service Institute for Maritime Technology University of Cape Town Industry S. A. Network for Coastal and Oceanic Research Census of Marine Life ODINAFRICA AFROBIS Supervision and Funding

6. Achievements with SLOANE funding System development Extensive scouting Amount of data loaded: 3.2m records Number of species: 22 933

7. Example : UCT Algae data

8. 14 000 fish records from Iziko Museum

9. Funding 2008/9 Planned funding model: consortium SAEON 2008/9: [R50k, $6k]

10. Data loading 2008/9 Sea bird data [Animal Demographic Unit, UCT]: –“Birds in Reserve Project”: 23 236 obs –“Coordinated Waterbird Counts”: 15 827 obs –“SAFRING”: 164 366 obs Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife: 586 obs

11. SAFRING bird data

12. CWAC bird data

13. Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife Aliwal shoal

14. Funding 2009/10 SAEON funding renewed Proposals to –SA National Biodiversity Institute –Benguela Current Commission –MCM (Marine & Coastal Management)

15. Data loading 2009/10 BCLME data [est. 4 300 records] IZIKO data [est. 11 897 records] Natal University Herbarium seaweed data [est. 14 000 records] ACEP/Sustainable Seas Trust [?] Updating SAIAB data (fish) African submissions and scouting

16. CountryData type Liberia and Cote d’Ivore marine algae; macrophytes; bacteria; zooplankton; molluscs; polychaetes; crustaceans; fish; aquatic reptiles Ghana, Togo, Benin polychaetes; crustaceans; molluscs; echinoderms; bryozoans; plankton; birds; mammals Nigeriaphytoplankton; zooplankton; crustaceans; decapods; molluscs; gastropods; fish Cameroonfish; crustaceans; molluscs Gabonfish Angolafish; seabirds Namibiabirds, fish; mammals; cephalopods; lobsters; crabs; shrimps; invertebrates; crustaceans, jellyfish Tanzaniaphytoplankton Kenyamarine plants; crustaceans; fish; birds; mammals; molluscs Mauritius Seychelles mangroves; seagrass; macroalgae; zooplankton; sponges; corals; worms; crustaceans; molluscs; reef fish; marine mammals Somaliseaweed

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