Collaboration continues with the University of Cape Town
This week PML signed a new Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with the University of Cape Town, to enhance relations
between the two organisations, predominantly in the field of
sustainable marine management.
The signing took place with Prof. Stephen de
Mora, Chief Executive of PML, and Prof. John Field, Director of the
Ma-Re Institute at the University of Cape Town,
who was visiting PML for the lab’s annual Science Advisory Council
meeting.
The MoU will facilitate the
organisations in the continued development and awareness building
of an “ecosystem approach”, with respect to fisheries and
the sustainable management of marine environments and resources.
This will be achieved by sharing knowledge, facilities and
personnel across a wide range of scientific disciplines, including
Earth observation, benthic (seabed) ecology, biogeochemistry,
molecular biology, socio-economics and ecosystem modelling.