MARINE MAMMALS STRANDINGS IN GHANA
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protect our marine mammals
Establish Marine Mammal Stranding Taskforce (MMST)
to respond, investigate, document, and prevent marine mammal strandings in Ghana.
Establish Marine Mammal Rescue, Research & Necropsy Center
to conducts scientific post-mortems of stranded mammals; know causes of death, disease, and human impacts.
Manage Marine Mammal By-catch
to reduce the accidental capture, injury, and death of whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals in Ghanaian waters
RECENT REPORTED STRANDINGS IN GHANA
Whale washes ashore at Akwidae in the Western Region
A yet-to-be-identified species of a whale has washed ashore the...
Pricess Town: Marine Mammal washes ashore
A sea mammal suspected to be a whale has been washed ashore dead at...
Over 120 melon-headed whales wash ashore Axim
More than 120 large fishes, identified as melon-headed whales, and...
HISTORY OF MARINE MAMMAL STRANDINGS IN GHANA, 2007 - 2026
2022 - 2026
Reported strandings 2022 – 2026
2017 - 2021
Reported Strandings 2017-2021
2012 - 2016
Reported Strandings 2012-2016
