"This experience helped me to learn more about data, surveys, and to be more confident in using many tools for my future research in Madagascar. I'm also ready to share this knowledge with my colleagues in Madagascar." Fluorida Razafimanirisoa, a student at the Institut Halieutique et des Sciences Marines of the University of Toliara in Madagascar, attended the first-ever Coastal Ocean Environment School in Western Indian Ocean (COES-WIO) in September in Mombasa, Kenya. From fieldwork, laboratory analysis, data interpretation, and presentations, COES-WIO delivered a hands-on learning experience in ocean science. Happening in the framework of the #OceanDecade and hosted by the Technical University of Mombasa (TUM), Pwani University and Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Government of Flanders, University of Michigan, Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association and ECOP Africa, this 7-day training provi...