Mangroves are increasingly being degraded in West Africa. We explored local utilization,
threats and assessed existing conservation practices in Ghana through field visits, mapping …

Mangrove forests provide a wide range of valuable uses or benefits that contribute to the
wellbeing of inhabitants in coastal communities. This study evaluated the economic and …

Litter production is an important component of mangrove primary productivity and has been
widely used as a measure of productivity. During the past years, studies have been carried …

The paper examines how variability in sea surface temperature and upwelling influenced
fish catch in a small-scale beach seine fishery for nearly two years (covering two major …

This paper reports on the fishery and some population parameters of the cassava croaker
(Pseudotolithus senegalensis) at Anlo Beach near Shama (5° 01'N, 1∘ 37'W) in the Western …

This study assessed how environmental parameters such as salinity, dissolved oxygen (DO)
and turbidity influenced occurrence of the bagrid catfish Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus …

This study was aimed at assessing the ecological status of six coastal water bodies using
abiotic parameters and benthic macroinvertebrates as indicators. Data were collected from …

Mangrove forests provide a variety of valuable uses and resources for inhabitants of coastal
communities. This study was aimed at assessing the health of mangrove forests at the …

Illegal small scale gold miningknown as―Galamsey‖ within the AnkobraEstuary has
impacted the water quality and health of fish as well as other aquatic organisms. This paper …

BACKGROUND Hen Mpoano, under the Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP)
funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and led by the …