Member	Role	Country
	Julius FRANCIS Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association		United Republic of Tanzania
	David OBURA Coastal Oceans Research and Development Indian Ocean		Kenya
	Mika ODIDO		Kenya
	Arame Keita Ministère de la Pêche et de l'Economie maritime.		Senegal
	Adesina Adegbie Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research		Nigeria
	Lucy Scott UNESCO / IOC Project Office for IODE		Belgium
	Clousa Maueua Insituto Nacional de Hidrografia e Navegaco		Mozambique
	REGINA FOLORUNSHO Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research		Nigeria
	Adoté Blim Blivi Faculté de Science de l’Université de Lomé –Togo (FDS/UL)		Togo
	Mohamed Said National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria		Egypt
	Melckezedeck Osore Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Headquarter & Mombasa Station		Kenya
	Suzan Kholeif National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria		Egypt
	Okuku Ediang		Nigeria
	Bope Bope Lapwong Centre de Controle et Surveillance de la Pollution Marine		Democratic Republic of the Congo
	Paulo COELHO Instituto Nacional de Investigação Pesqueira - Luanda		Angola
	Paula Sierra-Correa Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras José Benito Vives de Andreis		Colombia
	Edward Senkondo Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI)		United Republic of Tanzania
	Chris Muniu Globefinity Systems Ltd		Kenya
	Amany El-Sikaily National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria		Egypt
	James Mbugua Coastal Oceans Research and Development Indian Ocean		Kenya
	Sekou Tidiane Bangoura Centre de Recherche Scientifique de Conakry Rogbanè		Guinea
	INAL Ahmed Centre National de Recherche de le Développement de la Pêche et de l'Aquaculture		Algeria
	Sofie de Baenst UNESCO / IOC Project Office for IODE		Belgium
	Amina Makori Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute		Kenya
	Shannon Hampton Research Institute for Sustainability		Germany
	John Ndarathi UNESCO/IOC Sub Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States		Kenya
	Ali Hussien National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences		Egypt
	Anne Treasure South African Polar Research Infrastructure		South Africa
	Roy Dorgeless NGAKALA Institut National de Recherche en Sciences Exactes et Naturelles		Congo
	Danna Rodriguez Comisión Colombiana del Océano		Colombia
	Thomas Sberna IUCN ESARO		Kenya
	Jaco Stemmet Fugro Survey Africa		South Africa
	Erika Brown South African Environmental Observation Network, Egagasini Node		South Africa
	Abbie Allela UNESCO/IOC Sub Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States		Kenya
	Soobaschand Sweenarain		Mauritius
	Mohamed Elsaied Matrouh University		Egypt
	Alice Jesse FAO OF THE UNITED NATIONS		Kenya
	Wamba André Association Aide aux familles et Victimes des Migrations Clandestines		Cameroon
	Shaker Almaktary Ministry of local Administration		Yemen
	Youcef Khamallah Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences de la Mer et de l'Aménagement du Littoral		Algeria