The Nairobi Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Western Indian Ocean (Nairobi Convention) holds a Conference of Contracting Parties (COPs) every two years to review the implementation of decisions of past COPs. The Eighth Conference of Parties (COP8) was held on 22-24 June 2015 in Mahe, Seychelles under the theme “Conserving the Marine and Coastal Environment for the Western Indian Ocean for the next 30 Years.”