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: Mangrove cover change detection in the Rufiji Delta in Tanzania; Growth rates of Eucheuma denticulatum and Kappaphycus alvarezii (Rhodophyta; Gigartinales) cultured using modified off-bottom and floating raft techniques on the Kenyan coast; The influence of physical-chemical variables on the spatial and seasonal variation of Chlorophyll-a in coastal waters of Unguja, Zanzibar, Tanzania; Integrated seaweed – sea cucumber farming in Tanzania; Indicators of stock status for large-pelagic fish based on length composition from driftnet fisheries in Zanzibar; Previously unlisted scleractinian species recorded from the Great Reef of Toliara, southwest Madagascar and many more articles