Scientists to discuss Benguela Current

Scientists to discuss Benguela Current

THE status and management of the Benguela Current will come under scrutiny at a workshop at Swakopmund today and tomorrow.

Dr Neville Sweijd of the Benguela Environment Fisheries Training Interactions Programme said the Angola-Benguela Frontal Workshop is imperative in sourcing information on the Angola-Benguela Frontal System (ABFS) and producing a draft strategy for implementing management activities. Benguela Niños, their predictability and impact will be discussed with the focus on 1995, when vast numbers of fish and marine species died because of warm, oxygen-poor waters.Ideas about the distribution, exploitation and management of living resources will be exchanged with specific reference to pelagic, demersal and line fishing.The physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the ABFS, issues regarding conservation as well as exploration of non-living resources such as oil and gas will also come under the microscope.Benguela Niños, their predictability and impact will be discussed with the focus on 1995, when vast numbers of fish and marine species died because of warm, oxygen-poor waters.Ideas about the distribution, exploitation and management of living resources will be exchanged with specific reference to pelagic, demersal and line fishing.The physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the ABFS, issues regarding conservation as well as exploration of non-living resources such as oil and gas will also come under the microscope.

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