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Article

Range-Wide Conservation Efforts for the Critically Endangered Atlantic Humpback Dolphin (Sousa teuszii)

by
Gianna Minton
1,2,*,
Grant Abel
1,2,3,
Tim Collins
1,2,4,
Edem Eniang
2,5,
Heidrun Frisch-Nwakanma
6,
Lucy Keith-Diagne
2,7,
Judicael Regis Kema Kema
2,8,9,
Aristide Takoukam Kamla
2,10,
Melanie Virtue
6,
Caroline Weir
1,2,11 and
Randall Reeves
1,12
1
IUCN SSC Cetacean Specialist Group
2
Consortium for the Conservation of the Atlantic Humpback Dolphin, 2242 PT Wassenaar, The Netherlands
3
Seattle Aquarium, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
4
Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, NY 10460, USA
5
Biodiversity Preservation Center, Uyo 520103, Nigeria
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Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, 53113 Bonn, Germany
7
African Aquatic Conservation Fund, Joal 23015, Senegal
8
Gabon National Parks Agency, Libreville, Gabon
9
Centre d′Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UMR 7372 CNRS/La Rochelle Université, 17031 La Rochelle, France
10
African Marine Mammal Conservation Organisation, Yaounde, Cameroon
11
Ketos Ecology, Kingsbridge, Devon TQ7 2LU, UK
12
Okapi Wildlife Associates, Hudson, QC J0P 1H0, Canada
 
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Diversity 2022, 14(9), 716; https://doi.org/10.3390/d14090716
Submission received: 30 July 2022 / Revised: 17 August 2022 / Accepted: 18 August 2022 / Published: 29 August 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Assessments, Planning and Action for Conservation of Species and Ecosystems at Multiple Spatial Scales)
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Abstract

The Atlantic humpback dolphin (Sousa teuszii) is a critically endangered cetacean species endemic to coastal Atlantic waters of Africa. Its preference for shallow coastal habitat renders it vulnerable to incidental capture (bycatch) in non-selective fishing gears as well as to habitat degradation from all forms of coastal development. Although past and ongoing research has shed light on the distribution and conservation status of the species in a few locations, it is still poorly understood throughout most of the 19 countries in its 7000 km long range. From 2020 onward, international and regional collaboration to increase awareness and promote conservation action has intensified. These efforts, while in the early stages, exemplify the IUCN Species Survival Commission’s Assess-Plan-Act Conservation Cycle. While concrete conservation gains have not yet been achieved, efforts are being made to fill knowledge gaps and to broaden and motivate the network of international, regional, national, and local stakeholders that are actively engaged in marine and coastal conservation actions at multiple levels. The authors assess the strengths and weaknesses of the current approaches and identify elements that may be useful for other species with ranges spanning multiple countries where resources and capacity for conservation action are limited.
Keywords: Africa; conservation; management; cetaceans; Sousa teuszii; Atlantic humpback dolphin; stakeholder engagement; range-wide assessment; bycatch; aquatic wildmeat Africa; conservation; management; cetaceans; Sousa teuszii; Atlantic humpback dolphin; stakeholder engagement; range-wide assessment; bycatch; aquatic wildmeat

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Minton, G.; Abel, G.; Collins, T.; Eniang, E.; Frisch-Nwakanma, H.; Keith-Diagne, L.; Kema Kema, J.R.; Takoukam Kamla, A.; Virtue, M.; Weir, C.; et al. Range-Wide Conservation Efforts for the Critically Endangered Atlantic Humpback Dolphin (Sousa teuszii). Diversity 2022, 14, 716. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14090716

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Minton G, Abel G, Collins T, Eniang E, Frisch-Nwakanma H, Keith-Diagne L, Kema Kema JR, Takoukam Kamla A, Virtue M, Weir C, et al. Range-Wide Conservation Efforts for the Critically Endangered Atlantic Humpback Dolphin (Sousa teuszii). Diversity. 2022; 14(9):716. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14090716

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Minton, Gianna, Grant Abel, Tim Collins, Edem Eniang, Heidrun Frisch-Nwakanma, Lucy Keith-Diagne, Judicael Regis Kema Kema, Aristide Takoukam Kamla, Melanie Virtue, Caroline Weir, and et al. 2022. "Range-Wide Conservation Efforts for the Critically Endangered Atlantic Humpback Dolphin (Sousa teuszii)" Diversity 14, no. 9: 716. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14090716

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Minton, G., Abel, G., Collins, T., Eniang, E., Frisch-Nwakanma, H., Keith-Diagne, L., Kema Kema, J. R., Takoukam Kamla, A., Virtue, M., Weir, C., & Reeves, R. (2022). Range-Wide Conservation Efforts for the Critically Endangered Atlantic Humpback Dolphin (Sousa teuszii). Diversity, 14(9), 716. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14090716

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