Theme and Sub-Themes
Theme
Addressing the Triple Planetary Crisis for Sustainable Aquatic Environment, Resilient Economies and Communities.
Sub-themes
1. Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Development.
- Aquaculture
- IUU fishing
- Small-scale fisheries
- Climate smart fisheries
- Climate smart fisheries
- Regional fisheries intervention
- Fisheries co-management and ecosystem based fisheries management
2. Coastal Processes, Infrastructure and Sediment Dynamics.
- Coastal engineering
- Sediments transport
- Early warning systems
- Sea water intrusion
- Coastal flooding and erosion
- Coastal management and nature-based solution
- Wave climate, storm surges and disaster risk management
3. Gender, Youth, and Socioeconomic Development
- Population
- Migration
- Livelihoods
- Child Labour and Trafficking
- Vulnerability of marginalised groups
- Social Protection and Gender-Based Challenge
- Youth Empowerment and Economic Inclusion
4. Marine Pollution, Eco-toxicology, and Management
- Emerging contaminants
- Oil spillage and management
- Invasive species and algal bloom
- Heavy metals and suspended solids
- Marine litter (plastics and other solid waste)
5. Renewable and Non-renewable Energy Resources
- Oil and Gas
- Floating solar systems
- Marine and freshwater biofuel
- Waves, offshore wind, and tidal power
- Ocean thermal energy conversion
- Salinity gradient energy (blue energy)
6. Maritime Security, Transport, and Tourism
- Piracy
- Port and harbour operations
- Trans-boundary issues
- Coastal and maritime tourism
- Smuggling, trafficking and transhipment
- Maritime and freshwater conflicts and resolutions
7. Ocean Governance and Marine Protected Areas
- Treaties, laws and policies
- Applications in GIS and remote sensing
- Resource use conflicts
- Marine spatial planning
- Best practices in ocean governance in Africa
8. Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation and Management
- Aquatic ecosystems
- Aquatic species diversity
- Oceanic and freshwater biomes
- Aquatic food webs
- Sustainable resource utilisation
- Human impact on the aquatic environment
9. Blue Economy Issues Peculiar to Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
- Governance and Policy Implementation
- Climate Change and Rising Sea Levels
- Coastal erosion and loss of marine habitats (mangroves, coral reefs)
- Overfishing and Unsustainable Marine Resource Exploitation
- Marine Pollution and Waste Management
- Economic Diversification and Blue Economy Development