Dear MARMAMers I am compiling information about the use of marine mammals (especially small cetaceans and sirenians) as bait and for human consumption, resulting from direct hunts or opportunistic catches (e.g., by-catch) occurring in Africa, especially on the west coast.
I would be very grateful if you would get in touch with me at orcinus.orca.1...@gmail.com if you have any published literature (e.g., scientific articles, reports), news, or contact details of people/organisations that could provide me with further information (in English, but also in Spanish or French would be appreciated). Attached is a list of the literature I found. Thank you in advance, A. Mel Cosentino References Alfaro & Van Waerebeek (2001). Drowning in a sea of silence: the bushmeat concept as applied to marine wildlife. Angelici et al (2001). Some new mammal records from the rainforest of South-Eastern Nigeria. Ayissi et al (2011). Report on the exploratory survey of cetaceans and their status in Cameroon. Ayissi & Jiofack (2014). Impact assessment on by-catch artisanal fisheries: sea turtles and mammals in Cameroon, West Africa. Ayissi et al (2014). Rediscovery of Cameroon Dolphin, the Gulf of Guinea Population of Sousa teuszii ( Kükenthal , 1892 ). Bamy et al (2010). Species occurrence of cetaceans in Guinea, including humpback whales with southern hemisphere seasonality. Brashares et al (2004). Bushmeat hunting, wildlife declines, and fish supply in West Africa. Clapham & Van Waerebeek (2007). Bushmeat and bycatch: the sum of the parts. Collins et al (2009). The Atlantic humpback dolphin (Sousa teuszii) in Gabon and Congo: cause for optimism or concern? Collins (2012). Progress report for Atlantic humpback dolphin work in Gabon and Congo Debrah et al (2010). An update on the catch composition and other aspects of cetacean exploitation in Ghana. Essuman (2008). Bioaccumulation of platinum group metals in dolphins, Stenella sp., caught off Ghana. Fa et al (2006). Getting to grips with the magnitude of exploitation: Bushmeat in the Cross–Sanaga rivers region, Nigeria and Cameroon. Leeney et al (2015). Food, Pharmacy, Friend? Bycatch, Direct Take and Consumption of Dolphins in West Africa. Lewison & Moore (2012). Improving interview-based assess- ments of sea turtle and marine mammal bycatch in West Africa: Putting fishing activity into a socio-economic context. Maigret (1994) Marine mammals and fisheries in the west Africa Morissette et al (2010). Ecosystem models clarify the trophic role of whales off Northwest Africa. Murphy, et al (1997). Cetacean in Gambian waters. Ofori-Danson et al (2003). A survey for the conservation of dolphins in Ghanaian coastal waters. Robards & Reeves (2011). The global extent and character of marine mammal consumption by humans: 1970–2009. Segniagbeto et al (2014). Annotated checklist and fisheries interactions of cetaceans in Togo, with evidence of Antarctic minke whale in the Gulf of Guinea. Sohou et al (2013). Biodiversity and status of cetaceans in Benin, West Africa: an initial assessment. Swensson (2005). Bushmeat trade in techiman, Ghana, West Africa. Thibault & Blaney (2003). The oil industry as an underlying factor in the bushmeat crisis in central Africa. Uwagbae & Van Waerebeek (2010). Initial evidence of dolphin takes in the Niger Delta region and a review of Nigerian cetaceans. Van Waerebeek et al (1997). Cetacean research in Senegal 1995-97: An overview Van Waerebeek & Ofori-Danson (1999). A first checklist of cetaceans of Ghana, Gulf of Guinea, and a shore-based survey of interactions with coastal fisheries. Van Waerebeek et al (2004). Distribution, Status, and Biology of the Atlantic Humpback Dolphin, Sousa teuszii (Kükenthal, 1892). Van Waerebeek et al (2008). Indeterminate status of West African populations of inshore common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus cautions against opportunistic live-capture schemes. Van Waerebeek et al (2008). Preliminary findings on the mass strandings of melon-headed whale Peponocephala electra on Boavista Island in November 2007, with notes on other cetaceans from the Cape Verde Islands. Van Waerebeek et al (2009). The cetaceans of Ghana, a validated faunal checklist. Waerebeek et al (2014). Cetacean landings at the fisheries port of Dixcove , Ghana in 2013-14: a preliminary appraisal. Weir et al (2009). Challenges and priorities for the conservation of the Vulnerable Atlantic humpback dolphin (Sousa teuszii), with a case study from Namibe Province , Angola. Weir et al (2008). Records of Fraser’s dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser 1956 from the Gulf of Guinea and Angola. Weir (2010). A review of cetacean occurrence in West African waters from the Gulf of Guinea to Angola. Weir et al (2011). West Africa’s Atlantic humpback dolphin (Sousa teuszii): endemic, enigmatic and soon Endangered? Weir & Pierce (2013). A review of the human activities impacting cetaceans in the eastern tropical Atlantic.
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