International Waters learning Exchange & Resource Network

Agulhas Current (LME)

LME
2 632 308 Km2
17 703 Km


The Agulhas Current LME is located in the southwestern Indian Ocean, encompassing the continental shelves and coastal waters of mainland states Mozambique and eastern South Africa, as well as the archipelagos of the Comoros, the Seychelles, Mauritius and La Reunion (France). At the centre of the LME is Madagascar, the world’s fourth largest island, with an extensive coastline of more than 5000km (McKenna and Allen 2005). [Source: LME Portal http://lme.edc.uri.edu]



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LME Factsheet
NOAA TWAP LME HUB
Finances
Total cost 309,00M US$
GEF allocation 87,00M US$
Results
[LME/Regional Seas]
"1. Creation and execution of a pre-TDA stage, the Marine Ecosystem Diagnostic Analysis (MEDA). The production of the nine MEDA reports represents an early delivery to the Project countries of information which is immediately useful to researchers and particularly resource managers.
2. The ASCLME Project has undertaken a Policy and Governance process which ha...
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