About Us > Our Mission

PAMBA was created in 1999 to promote marine biotechnology in the Americas as a promising route to achieving sustainable socio-economic benefits from marine resources. In furtherance of this goal, and with a tight focus on the Americas, PAMBA will:

• facilitate personal and organizational interactions and information exchange
• sponsor exchange of scientists, managers, faculty, and students among all organizations
• engaged in marine biotechnology activities
• encourage the development of commercial marine biotechnology
• sponsor conferences and workshops on marine biotechnology and publish the proceedings
• sponsor and organize special advanced courses in marine biotechnology
• contribute to improvements in the teaching of marine biotechnology.