The IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group
CSRP-Sponsored Training Workshop For West African Scientists
Held in Sénégal
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CSRP-Sponsored Training Workshop For West African Scientists Held in Sénégal (December 2005)
Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, Sénégal
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A training workshop (Le Séminaire de Formation des Enquêteurs des Pêches) for West African scientists focusing on elasmobranch identification, biological sampling, and conservation
was held at the Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, Sénégal
on 14-19 December 2005. Mr. Mika Diop from the Commission Sous-Regionale des Pêches (CSRP) served as the chair, and the workshop was kindly
hosted by Oumar Thiaw and his gracious and hardworking staff who provided excellent facilities and vehicles, meals, and many favors to the workshop participants. The workshop was well
attended with participants traveling from seven African nations, Cabo Verde, The Gambia, Guinée-Bissau, Guinée, Mauritanie, Sénégal, and Siérra Leone.
Workshop Participants
Seasonal Workshop Participants at Université Cheikh Anta Diop
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The workshop was led by three prominent elasmobranch scientists.
Bernard Séret (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France) taught
participants about the identification of shark species found off the coast of West Africa;
Rui Coelho (Universidade do Algarve, Portugal) demonstrated
biological sampling techniques; and George Burgess (Florida Program For
Shark Research, University of Florida, U.S.A.) covered elasmobranch conservation and fishery management.
The goals of the workshop were to train West African biologists in chondrichthyan
(sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras) species identification and life history
(especially age determination and reproduction) methodologies, and to alert them
to their k-strategy life histories, globally threatened conservation status, and
the diminishing catches this group is experiencing worldwide.
This was the second such workshop held in West Africa in recent years,
the first being held in Nouadhibou, Mouritanie in December 2004 utilizing the same instructors. Such training will lead to the acquisition of more refined fishery data which is so badly needed to manage already declining regional fisheries. In addition, the workshops hopefully will result in a more precautionary approach to the management of this group, which by definition is at higher risk than other fishes and cannot withstand high fishing pressure. The instructing scientists feel strongly that these workshops are highly beneficial and would like to conduct similar workshops throughout the region.
An important workshop-related document, the Elasmobranch Fisheries Management Techniques Manual, is available here for download:
Elasmobranch Fisheries Management Techniques Manual
This manual is a practical guide for all aspects of elasmobranch fishery management and covers many areas not addressed in the workshop because of limited time.
In addition to the classroom sessions, participants participated
on field excursions to view the industrial fleet at the
Port of Dakar and the extensive artisanal beach fishery in the Port of Dakar and the fishing villages Mbour, Joal-Fadiout,
and Nianing (see map for details).
Workshop Itinerary
December 14 - Classroom sessions PHOTOS
December 15 - Classroom sessions and field trip to artisanal beach fishery PHOTOS
December 16 - Classroom sessions PHOTOS
December 17 - Field trips to artisanal beach fishery PHOTOS
December 18 - Classroom sessions PHOTOS
Participant List
Senegal:
Mika Diop
CSRP, Dakar
Mika_dfr@yahoo.fr
Oumar Thiaw
Lamine Mbaye
DPM, Dakar
lemzo67@hotmail.com
Madiabel Diop
CRODT
madiabel18@yahoo.fr
Mamadou Diagne
DPSP
mamadou_diagne@yahoo.fr
Mame Marie Camara
IRD/UCAD
mamemariec@gmail.com
Malick Diouf
UCAD/IUPA
malicknem@yahoo.fr
Guinea:
Framoudou Doumbouya
CNSHB
fdoumbouya@yahoo.fr
Mouctar Cisse
CNSHB
mouctarcisse@yahoo.fr
Ismaila Sylla
CNSHB
syllaismall@yahoo.fr
Guinea Bissau:
Inluta Incom
CIPA
i-incom200566@yahoo.fr
Duarte Bucal
CIPA
cipacr@hotmail.com
Jose Aires Dos Reis
FISCAP
cipacr@hotmail.com
Gambia:
Janko Bojang
FD
c/o gamfishe.gamtel.gm
Abdouliie Njie
FD
apnjie@yahoo.fr
Asberr N Mendy
FD
anmendy@yahoo.com
Mauritania:
Lamine Camara
MPEM
laminecam2000@yahoo.fr
Yeslim Ould Vally
IMROP
Yeslem_valy@yahoo.fr
Ahmed Diagne
IMROP
diagne_ameth@yahoo.fr
Sierra Leone:
Sheku Sei
MFMR
seisheku@yahoo.com
Charles Barlay
MFMR
barlayman@yahoo.com
Mohamed Kamara
MFMR
rammedkay@yahoo.fr
Cabo Verde:
Vera Gominho
INDP
vgominho@yahoo.com.br
Pericles Martins
INDP
periclesmartins@yahoo.com
Hilda Carvalho
INDP
Hiltaype2@hotmail.com
Workshop Organization:
France:
Bernard Seret
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
Département Systématique et Evolution
Taxonomie & Collections
Case Postale 26
43 rue Cuvier
75231 Paris cedex 05
Tel. (33)-(0)1.40.79.37.38
Fax (33)-(0)1.40.79.37.71
E-mail : seret@mnhn.fr
Web: http://www.mnhn.fr/
Portugal:
Rui Coelho
Universidade do Algarve
Faculdade de Ciências do Mar e Ambiente
Campus de Gambelas
8000 - Faro
Portugal
Tel: +351 289 800900 Ext. 7242
Fax: +315 289 818353
E-mail: rpcoelho@ualg.pt
Web: http://www.ualg.pt/fcma/cfrg/
U.S.A.:
George Burgess
Director - Florida Program for Shark Research
Florida Museum of Natural History
University of Florida
P O Box 117800
Gainesville, FL 32611
Tel. (352) 392-2360
Fax 352-392-7158
E-mail : gburgess@flmnh.ufl.edu
Web: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish
Funding for the workshop was provided by the Commission Sous-Regionale des Pêches (CSRP) who, along with the World
Conservation Union (IUCN) Shark Specialist Group (SSG), sponsored this workshop.
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