The Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science (WIOJMS) provides an avenue for the wide dissemination of high quality research generated in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region. This journal issue covers an interesting array of articles such as: Morphology of the Zambezi River plume in the Sofala Bank, Mozambique,Culture Suitability of Selected Coral Species for the Ornamental Export Market, Influence of Seasonality and Bathymetry on Assemblage Structure of Decapod Crustaceans in the Malindi-Ungwana Bay, Kenya and many more articles.