The Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Project (BOBMLE)

1. Necessity: Over 400 million people in the Bay of Bengal depend for their food,
livelihood and security on the coastal and marine resources.
2. Objective: To improve lives of coastal population through improved regional
management of Bay of Bengal and it's fisheries.
3. Participating nations: Maldives, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand,
Indonesia and Malaysia.
4. Funding agencies: Global Environment Facility, Norway, the Swedish Internal Development Agency, FAO, Participating governmants, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Organization.