Report on BOBLME Indian mackerel genetic data analysis including final workshop, Phuket, Thailand, 17-19 February 2015

This workshop followed on from two previous workshops held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2012 and Kochi, India in 2013. The 14 microsattellite markers had previously been developed for Indian Mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) were used on 31 tissue collections from all eight countries were genotyped in India.

Meeting on BOBLME engagement in the International Indian Ocean Expedition 50th anniversary initiative (IIOE-2), Bangkok, Thailand, 17-18 March, 2015

Objectives included; a contribution to understanding large-scale processes affecting the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Project (BOBLME) and it's living resources; and to align with International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2) (2015-2020) which will extensively explore and study the Indian Ocean to improve understanding of the ocean and coupled climate processes.