Namibia Conference and Workshop
Ministry of Fisheries and Resources, Swakopmund 29 - 30 April 2013

Presenter Biographies

Bronwen Currie has been involved in coastal ecology since she began working for the Ministry in 1994. Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) were prioritized as an area of research in Namibia in 2003, with the intensification of mariculture activities along the Namibian Coast, which to date have focused on shellfish production. Ms Currie has co-managed several of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) projects, which resulted in the establishment of a functioning shellfish sanitation programme in Namibia - and including intensified inshore phytoplankton monitoring in Namibia and Angola. She is the Namibian representative on the IOC International Panel on HABs. Her interest in inshore processes has led to studies of the low oxygen and hydrogen sulphide events along the coast that are directly tied to the high phytoplankton production.