Mr Iitembu, from the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources of Namibia, provided a summary of the overall process and results obtained through the implementation of the FAO/BCLME project "Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF) Management in the BCLME". The project included Angola, Namibia and South Africa and had as objective to investigate the feasibility of EAF in the BCLME region through examining the existing issues, problems, needs related to EAF and considering the different management options to achieve sustainable management of resources at an ecosystem level.