Marine Fishery Resources of Sierra Leone: A review of exploited fish stocks
| dc.creator | G.W. Ssentongo; M. Ansa-Emmim;Office of Assistant Director-General | |
| dc.date | 2024-10-30T08:50:38Z | |
| dc.date | 2024-10-30T08:50:38Z | |
| dc.date | 1986 | |
| dc.date | 2020-12-03T12:43:25Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-28T00:30:31Z | |
| dc.description | Sierra Leone is located in the southwestern sector of the great bulge of West Africa. It lies between 7°N and 10°N and is bordered on the North and East by the Republic of Guinea, and on the South by Liberia. Sierra Leone has a territorial sea limit of 200 mi. Its coastline is about 506 km and is characterized by extensive mangrove swamps, a number of estuaries and rivers that are navigable for short distances. The hydrographic regime of Sierra Leone waters is characterized by a relatively st able, shallow thermocline lying at mid-shelf depth and affecting the distribution of fish. Seasonal changes are due to the following effects of the monsoonal wet season: high river discharges, reduced surface water salinities, lowered solar radiation and a slight dip in mixed layer temperatures. The multiple stock fisheries are exploited with a variety of fishing gears (gillnets, cast nets, beach seines, trawls, purse seines, ringnets, traps and hooks), operated from different artisanal canoes a nd industrial fishing boats. Before the introduction of trawlers in 1955, fishing was purely artisanal. Even today, the catch of the artisanal fishery accounts for more than 80% of the total national fish landings. | |
| dc.format | text/html | |
| dc.identifier | 1014-9228 | |
| dc.identifier | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/r9003e | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.fao.org/3/r9003e/r9003e.htm | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/311118 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.relation | CECAF/ECAF Series | |
| dc.relation | 1014-9228 | |
| dc.rights | FAO | |
| dc.title | Marine Fishery Resources of Sierra Leone: A review of exploited fish stocks | |
| dc.title | Marine Fishery Resources of Sierra Leone: A review of exploited fish stocks | |
| dc.type | Project |