African penguin
NACOMA supports scientific monitoring and research along the coast of Namibia including Mercury Island, Ichaboe Island, Halifax Island and Possession Island, islands which support the entire Namibian breeding population of Cape gannets "Morus capensis", 96% of the Namibian population of the endangered African penguin "Spheniscus demersus", and nearly 90% of the global breeding population of bank cormorants "Phalacrocorax neglectus".