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We are home to the first long-term African Ocean Observatory monitoring multiple ecosystems and ongoing climate change.

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September 24, 2019

World Clean Up Day on Benguerra Island, September 21, 2019

As part of our community first plastic and recycling programme, BCSS research manager Karen Bowles helped lead the year six and seven students of Benguerra Primary School in a clean-up effort for World Clean Up Day 2019.

September 20, 2019

BCSS rethinks plastic with a new collaborative community project in the Bazaruto Archipelago National Park (BANP)

Plastic is a useful material. So much so that nearly everything in the world today is in some way made of plastic. Think about it, how much plastic did you encounter today?

BCSS Tagging programme

June 14, 2019

BCSS International Tagging Programme – following large predators & pelagics

The BCSS marine station & the WIO (Western Indian Ocean) Ocean Observatory recently received international approval using ICCAT tagging codes to coordinate two large-scale tagging programs concerning large pelagics/predators & migratory game fish.