Actions on the Ground: WESTPAC Tackles Harmful Jellyfish in the Region
10 Jan 2018
Penang - “Application of scientific knowledge to serve the need of the people is the true value of science,” Prof. Dato' Dr. Aileen Tan Shau Hwai, Director of the Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (CEMACS) and the Principal Investigator (PI) of the WESTPAC Harmful Jellyfish Programme echoed at the inception workshop. The workshop entitled “Harmful Jellyfish Sampling Protocol & Data Analysis in the Western Pacific” hosted by CEMACS, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 5-7 December 2017 brought together over 40 scientists from 9 countries in the region.
