The MCRM section focuses on issues related to biological oceanography, ocean productivity, fisheries, marine botany and marine mammals, coastal and marine resources (estuaries and mangroves, seagrass beds and coral reefs, socio-economic and resource management). In addition, the section ventures into new specialisations such as: Fisheries biology, taxonomy and population genetics; Fisheries science and management; International market analysis of seafood products; Fish and shellfish immunology; Fish stock assessment; Fisheries Resource economics; Biostatistics; Fish biometry; Physiological ecology; Marine mammal ecology; Coastal and marine resources economics and management; Coastal and marine ethnoecology; Climate change, biodiversity and carbon trade; Marine laws and affairs; Marine and coastal resource policies and community development; Marine economic policies and business of marine products (International market analysis of seafood products, International fisheries development and policies, International law of the sea, Fisheries-mariculture-agriculture integrated farming innovations and technology and their impact on ecosystems, markets and product prices); Sociology; Eco-tourism; Integrated coastal zone management.

Staff List at Marine and Coastal Resources Management Section

Senior Lecturer and Head of Section

M.S. Shalli, BSc, MSc (SUA), PhD (Dar)

Senior Lecturer

M.S. Kyewalyanga, BSc (Dar), MSc, PhD (Dalhousie)

M.M. Mangora, BSc, MSc (SUA), PhD (Dar)

Lecturer

S.A.S. Yahya, BSc, MSc (Dar), PhD (Stockholm)

D.J. Msangameno, BSc (Dar), MSc (UMB), PhD (Dar)

Assistant Lecturer

*B.A. Tarimo, BSc, MSc (Dar)

*B.M. Yahya, BSc, MSc (Dar)

*R.O. Ismail, BSc, MSc (Dar)

H.J. Kizenga, BSc, MSc (Dar)

A.R. Peter, BSc, MSc (Dar)

Principal Technician II

M. M. Mwadini

Laboratory Technician II

D. A. Abel

F.S.Swedi

Able Seaman

I. K. Ramadhan