Introduction of the CEACurrent is envisaged for the region as well. Agriculture, Biology, Environmental Science . Each issue is scanned for articles of interest by the project staff, and reprints are requested from the authors and entered in a database after arrival. The first step towards communication between scientists, within as well as outside the region, is to reveal their identity. The project has developed a database holding information on the marine scientists of the co-operating institutes.
Scientific information is presented in two ways.
The newsletter plays an important role in visualising the marine sciences in Africa and the project to the rest of the world. Currently, the print-run is 1500 copies and the newsletter is distributed to over 1200 addresses in more than 50 countries around the globe. ASFA is an indexing and abstracting service covering the world s literature on Science, Technology and Management of marine and freshwater environments. The aim was to become a regional input centre for the WIO region in order to cover a wider geographical area producing publications potentially of interest for input in the database.