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A survey of the conservation status of cetaceans in Senegal, the Gambia and Guinea-Bissau, WAFCET-I report

Authors

Van Waerebeek, K., Ndiaye, E., Djiba, A., Mamadou, D., Murphy, P., Jallow, A., Camara, A., Ndiaye, P. and Tous, P.

Year

2003

Secondary Title

WAFCET - 1 Report

Place Published

UNEP/CMS. Bonn, Germany

Pages

56 pp.

Keywords

West Africa, The Gambia, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Sousa teuszii, Ziphius cavirostris, mesoplodon, Phocoena phocoena, Delphinus delphis, Steno bredanensis, Lagenodelphis hosei, Stenella attenuata, Peponocephala electra, Grampus griseus, Globicephala macrorhynchus, orcinus orca, Stenella frontalis, Stenella coeruleoalba, Stenella clymene, Physeter macrocephalus, Kogia breviceps, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, Balaenoptera edeni, Balaenoptera borealis, Balaenoptera physalus, Megaptera novaeangliae, Tursiops truncatus, Atlantic humpback dolphin, Review, threats, Fisheries

Abstract

This reports on a survey undertaken in Senegal, the Gambia and Guinea Bissau (WAFCET 1) in 1997-98.