Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem Project (CCLME)
What is the Canary current large marine ecosystem?
The Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem (CCLME) extends southwards from the Atlantic coast of Morocco to the Bijagos Archipelago of Guinea Bissau and westwards to the Canary Islands (Spain) and following the western extent of the North West African continental shelf (corresponding approximately with the EEZs of the
What is an example of a large marine ecosystem?
The large marine ecosystems around the South China Sea and the adjacent Gulf of Thailand include global centers of shallow marine biological diversity that support one of the world's largest fisheries.
- Marine ecosystems are aquatic environments with high levels of dissolved salt.
These include the open ocean, the deep-sea ocean, and coastal marine ecosystems, each of which has different physical and biological characteristics.
The Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem (CCLME) project is unique in its strategic combination of fisheries and ecosystem governance frameworks and will, through governance reforms, investments and management programs, enable the participating countries to address priority transboundary concerns on declining