The Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) is situated off the west coast of Africa between 5-37°S, 0-26°E, and spans the three countries of Angola, Namibia and South Africa. It is one of the four major eastern boundary current upwelling systems of the world oceans, and although it has some similar characteristics to the other eastern boundary upwelling areas, a unique feature is that it is bounded on both the equatorial and poleward extremities by warm water current systems (the tropical warm Angola Current system in the north, and the Indian Ocean western boundary Agulhas Current System in the south).