The latest Issue of the Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science, Volume 9 No. 2 is out. This Issue consists of selected papers that were presented in the Sixth WIOMSA Scientific Symposium that was held in August 2009 in Reunion. The Issue consists of an editorial and eight papers, which are:

 i) M.H. Schleyer – Marine Science and Management to Meet Development Challenges in the Western Indian Ocean

ii) V. W. Wang’ondu, J. G. Kairo, J. I. Kinyamario, F. B. Mwaura, J. O. Bosire, F. Dahdouh-Guebas and N. Koedam – Phenology of Avicennia marina (Forsk.) Vierh. in a Disjunctly-zoned Mangrove Stand in Kenya

iii) C. Conand, F. Michonneau, G. Paulay and H. Bruggemann – Diversity of the Holothuroid Fauna (Echinodermata) at La Réunion (Western Indian Ocean)

iv) T. Lavitra, R. Rasolofonirina and I. Eeckhaut – The Effect of Sediment Quality and Stocking Density on Survival and Growth of the Sea Cucumber Holothuria scabra reared in Nursery Ponds and Sea Pens

v) J. Larsson, O. Henriksson and M. Grahn – Population Genetic Structure and Connectivity of the Abundant Sea Urchin, Diadema setosum around Unguja Island (Zanzibar)

vi) M. Costa Leal, T. Costa Pereira, V. Brotas and J. Paula – Vertical Migration of Gold-spot Herring (Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus) Larvae on Sofala Bank, Mozambique

vii) K. Brooks, D. Rowat, S. J. Pierce, D.Jouannet and M. Vely – Seeing Spots: Photo-identification as a Regional Tool for Whale Shark Identification

viii) G. Penha-Lopes, S. Xavier, J. Okondo, S. Cannicci, E. Fondo, S.Ferreira, C. Macamo, A. Macia, S. Mwangi and J. Paula – Effects of Urban Wastewater Loading on Macro- and Meio-infauna Assemblages in Subtropical and Equatorial East African Mangroves

ix) C. N. Munga, M. O. Said, D. O. Obura, A. Vanreuse and F. Dahdouh-Guebas – Resource Users’ Perceptions on Continued Existence of the Mombasa Marine Park and Reserve, Kenya