Fisheries and Aquaculture Journal
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ISSN: 2150-3508
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ISSN: 2150-3508
+44 1478 350008
Department of Meteorological, Ghana Meteorological Agency, Accra, Ghana
Research Article
Outlining the Offshore Marine Environment and Mammal Habitation with the Changing Climate in the Gulf of Guinea: The Case of Ghana’s Waters
Author(s): Anthony Djaba Sackey*, Benjamin Lantei Lamptey2, Patrick Ofori-Danson, Beshiru Yahaya and Abigail Dede Sackey
Understanding environmental baseline parameters within Gulf of Guinea offshore areas as relevant delineating conditions favorably ensuring the survival of marine life bounded within was examined against Environmental Baseline Surveys (EBS) conducted during the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) by licensed oil and gas operators of the region. The case of the EBS within Ghana’s western basin is mainly because offshore marine habitation over a decade has seen a rise in anthropogenic activities. Current concerns span pollution, over-exploitation of natural resources, air emissions, growing anthropogenic activity, and climate change. A series of samplings were taking at essential offshore and coastal facility locations to investigate baseline ocean environment; understand the nature of ecology and identify issues of vulnerabilities that could ensure destructive tendencies. The pa.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2150-3508.21.s3.001