Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems Project

"The organisation of this meeting was superb. The logistics that go into pulling a meeting like this together never happen by accident.

The mood of participants was extremely upbeat, supportive and encouraging. You can always tell the way a meeting is going by the tone of the questions and the questions raised during this meeting tended to be overwhelmingly constructive and well informed.

This project has made more headway in its first year of operation than any other project I’ve ever been associated with. What makes it particularly impressive is that this is unquestionably the most complex and arguably the most difficult project to come to grips with. The physical scope of the project not only covers a number of ecosystems, but a diverse array of languages and a broad array of socio-economic conditions. But if the collective tone of this meeting is an indication of how the rest of the project will go, everybody has reason to be optimistic and anticipate an outcome that we can all be proud of."

David La Roche, Consultant to the ASCLME Project on the 2nd Steering Committee Meeting.