National Marine Information and Research Centre
Ministry of Fisheries and marine Resources
Government ministry

Oceanography (physical, chemical and biological oceanography)
Physical: meteorological, tides,
Chemical: oxygen, salinity, nutriets
Biological: phytoplankton, zooplankton, ichtyoplankton,
Commercial catch data, total allowable catch reports
Bird research (islands) as indicator species

Two regional programmes of significance managed by the MFMR are the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) Programme funded by the Global Environment Facility and the The Benguela Environment Fisheries Interaction and Training (BENEFIT) Programme of SADC

PO Box 912 Swakopmund
Tel +264 64 4101000
Fax +264 64 404385

Director: Dr B Oelofsen boleofsen@mfmr.gov.na
Contacts: Dr B van Zyl bvanzyl@mfmr.gov.na
E Klingelhoeffer
eklingelhoeffer@mfmr.gov.na

BENEFIT director: Dr Neville Sweijd
Tel: +264 64 4101162
nsweijd@benguela.org

University of Namibia, Coastal Resource Research Centre, Henties Bay

Research aimed at harnessing Namibia's marine and coastal resources assets, which are currently under-utilised;

PO Box 462, Henties Bay
+264 64 501153

Contact; Professor Fergus Moloy
fmolloy@unam.na
http://www.unam.na/research/henties/research.html