MARINE AND COASTAL OPERATIONS
FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN

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The ABALOBI Fisher app forecasting features save small-scale fishers time and data!

With the release of the revised ABALOBI Fisher app, small-scale fishers along the West and South coasts now have access to free, detailed weather forecasts and satellite images depicting the most recent water temperatures and marine chlorophyll levels in their fishing grounds.

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GMES & Africa eStation Installed at the CSIR

GMES & Africa e-Station was recently installed on the premises of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa. This equipment was a gift from the African Union and European Union Commissions, under the GMES and Africa Program, 2017-2021

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MarCOSIO: Economic Benefit and Analysis Report - TOR

As part of the MarCOSIO deliverables, BCC and WIOMSA has issued a Terms of Reference for the development of an Economic Benefit and Analysis Report.

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MarCOSIO

Promotes sustainable coastal and marine resources management and governance across the region

GMES AND AFRICA MARINE
AND COASTAL OPERATIONS
SOUTHERN AFRICA
(MarCOSIO) PROJECT

The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) and Africa Marine and Coastal Operations for Southern Africa (MarCOSIO) project, aims to maintain, further develop and provide a sustainable platform for local, institutional, human and technical capabilities across Southern African countries.

This will be achieved through the development of regionally-optimised satellite observations and model-based forecast services focused on sustainable socio-economic development for the South and East African marine and coastal domains.

MarCOSIO is funded through the GMES and Africa programme and forms part of its Marine and Coastal Operations thematic area.

The MarCOSIO project is strongly aligned to the South African National Oceans and Coastal Information Management System (OCIMS). OCIMS has consolidated South African observational and forecasting expertise through the development of a range of services that are very similar in scope to those proposed for GMES and Africa.

A key value proposition of OCIMS is the powerful, scalable service development methodology; this identifies archetypal users, beneficiaries, policies, usage scenarios, as well as functional requirements.

The GMES and Africa MarCOSIO project provides new co-designed decision-making services to promote sustainable management of marine resources, improve marine governance and stimulate the growth of the blue economy in the South and East African regions.