African scientists were introduced to the ecosystem-based approach through professional interaction with scientists from NOAA's East Coast Fisheries Science Centers. In the mid-1990s, scientists from six African countries successfully implemented an ecosystem-based assessment and management project in the Gulf of Guinea that was expanded into a full scale 16 country ecosystem-based project encompassing the entire spatial domain of the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (GCLME) from Guinea-Bissau in the northwest to Angola in the southwest. Through the efforts of the project manager, the countries developed an excellent working relationship in operationalizing a five-module LME project for sustainably developing the goods and services of the Guinea Current LME. Over the five years of project implementation, a large cadre of African scientists was trained in ecosystem-based assessment and management methods based on the five-module LME approach. Both natural science and social science metrics were applied to assess changing conditions of GCLME: (i) productivity (gCm²yˉ¹), (ii) fish and fisheries, (iii) pollution and ecosystem health, (iv) socioeconomics, and (v) governance in support of the sustainable development of GCLME goods and services. Through the association with senior ministerial representatives the scientists forged an interim Guinea Current Commission to oversee the sustainable development underway to mitigate effects of human and environmental stressors on the ecosystem.

通过与NOAA东海岸渔业科学中心的科学家进行专业互动，将非洲科学家介绍给基于生态系统的方法。在1990年代中期，来自六个非洲国家的科学家成功地在几内亚湾实施了一个基于生态系统的评估和管理项目，该项目已扩展为涵盖几内亚当前大型海洋的整个空间领域的基于16个国家的完整规模的基于生态系统的项目。从西北的几内亚比绍到西南的安哥拉的生态系统（GCLME）。在项目经理的努力下，这些国家在实施五个模块的LME项目中建立了良好的工作关系，以可持续发展几内亚现行LME的商品和服务。在项目实施的五年中，大量非洲科学家干部接受了基于五模块LME方法的基于生态系统的评估和管理方法的培训。自然科学和社会科学指标均被用于评估GCLME不断变化的条件：（i）生产率（gCm²年^1日），（ii）鱼类和渔业，（iii）污染与生态系统健康，（iv）社会经济学，以及（v）治理，以支持GCLME产品和服务的可持续发展。通过与部长级高级代表的联系，科学家组建了一个临时的几内亚现任委员会，以监督正在进行的可持续发展，以减轻人为和环境压力因素对生态系统的影响。