GHANA WILDLIFE SOCIETY
Final Report to Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium
PROJECT TITLE: Baseline Assessment on Marine Mammal Bycatch along the Coast of Ghana during 2019-2020
Featured Bycatch Species
The main cause of the decline of loggerhead turtles, and the current primary threat to global populations is bycatch in longlines, gillnets, trawls, traps and pots, and dredges.