The IOGOOS Workshop and Fifth Annual Meeting (IOGOOS-V) and Second High-Level Review Meeting of the Indian Ocean Panel (IOP) was hosted by the Phuket Marine Biological Centre (Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR), Thailand) at Hotel Metropole, Phuket during November 30 – December 03, 2007. This Meeting was organized jointly by the IOGOOS Secretariat, UNESCO IOC Perth Regional Programme Office and Phuket Marine Biological Centre.Thirty nine participants from thirteen IOGOOS member nation contries and IOC participated in the deliberation of IOGOOS-Vand IOP High-level Review Meeting.