The Algoa Bay project was established in 2017 as part of a National Research Foundation Community of Practice project towards a Marine Spatial Plan in Algoa Bay and has since been developed into a platform to support multidisciplinary research linked to ocean conservation and sustainable use. 

 

The Algoa Bay Project has supported six multidisciplinary projects with both national and international collaborators. Some of these projects use Algoa Bay as their area of focus, using stakeholder driven research linked to Marine Spatial Planning (MSP), ocean governance, climate change response, ocean management, valuation of the ocean (ocean accounting) and systems dynamics modelling.