Conservation and environmental news & publications: Senegal

ICCAT, 2008: a decade long tradition of ignoring its scientists on catches and seasons continues, risking collapse of the world's last surviving large bluefin fishery.

24 Nov 2008
Tuna commission comes up with "a disgrace, not a decision"
The commission tasked with preventing a collapse of the Mediterranean bluefin tuna fishery today opted for catch quotas still far higher than its own scientists recommend and leaving industrial fleets free to scoop up tuna at the height of its spawning period.
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14 Apr 2008
West Africa Marine Newsletter (April 08)
News, views and information from WWF's West Africa Marine Ecoregion (WAMER) programme based in Senegal.
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Leatherback turtle caught up in a French Tuna purse-seine fishery in the Atlantic ocean.

12 Feb 2008
New guide to reducing bycatch goes online
As a service to the long-term sustainability of both fish stocks and fishing communities, WWF has established an online resource providing up-to-date information on bycatch (the capture of non-target creatures in fishing gear) and how to reduce it.

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Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) digging nest to lay eggs, Turtle Islands National Park, Malaysia

31 Oct 2007
Green turtle nesting sites discovered in Senegal
A WWF survey has discovered new marine turtle nesting sites on the beaches of Senegal, prompting calls from conservationists to improve protection of the endangered species. » Read more

Two little leatherback turtles are heading to the sea. Rising sea levels will threaten their beach habitat

10 Sep 2007
Sea turtles threatened by rising seas
Sea turtles lay their eggs into the beach sand. Many return to the exact beaches that they were hatched to lay the eggs for the next generation of turtles. But sea level rise due to climate change threatens beach habitat. A new study predicts that turtle reproduction will be hard hit. » Read more

27 Sep 2006
Fish Dish - exposing the unacceptable face of seafood
This briefing provides a snapshot of the destruction and waste behind some European fisheries. » Read more

A loggerhead turtle (<i>Caretta caretta</i>) swimming in the Mediterranean Sea.

03 Feb 2006
Cape Verde: tourism or turtles?
Slowly dragging its shell onto the beach, a turtle emerges from the ocean. It is midnight and the moon is casting its shadow over the remote, white-sandy coastline of Boa Vista — one of the ten islands that make up the West African island-nation of Cape Verde.
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Hazard signs are not enough to protect the environment from harmful chemicals.

03 Feb 2006
Time to clean up the chemicals in Africa
WWF Global Toxics Programme Director Clifton Curtis writes on a strategic approach to chemical management, particulary managing chemical stockpiles in Africa.
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Turtle nesting beach along Cape Verde's Murdeira Bay, where the melon-headed whales were stranded.

27 Oct 2005
Melon-headed whales guided to safety in Cape Verde
Thanks to rescue efforts by local residents, a pod of melon-headed whales stranded in a Cape Verdian bay have been guided back to sea. » Read more

13 Jul 2005
Creation of a Marine Protected Area network in Senegal
The Government of Senegal – in cooperation with local communities along the coast and several conservation, research and marine resources management organizations – has designated five new marine protected areas (MPAs), totalling 82,500ha. » Read more

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