The PERSGA region is critical to world shipping and encompasses the Suez Canal with is a major shipping route as well as significant ship repair and maintenance facilities within the region. The region also encompasses a significant offshore oil and gas industry, offshore desalinization facilities and includes important fisheries resources. Local industry and peoples are highly dependent on the maritime environment throughout this region.

The Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERGSA) is actively engaged in this region and has previously hosted awareness raising exercises focused on biofouling ALL PERSGA workshops News .

The Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA) is an intergovernmental Organization Dedicated to the Conservation of the Costal and Marine Environment in the Region of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The Ministers of Environment of the Member States are sitting on the Board of Directors. PERSGA has seven member states: Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

The Action Plan for the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden and the Regional Convention for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Environment “Jeddah Convention” provides the regional legal framework.