Rashin tsuntsaye a Ghana

Cetacean strandings a Ghana ya zama ruwan dare gama gari. whaleen da ke wankewa a bakin teku na iya zama saboda yajin aikin Jirgin ruwa, yawan jama'a, ko karuwar ɗaukar hoto da rahoto na mutum. Akwai akalla nau'ikan cetaceans 28 - baleen whales bakwai da 21 toothed whales - a cikin Gulf of Guinea,  wanda bakin tekun Ghana ya rufe kilomita 550 daga Aflao zuwa Axim. Ba a dauki hanyoyin kimiyya game da bambancin cetacean ba har zuwa kwanan nan, kuma an tabbatar da nau'in 18 yayin bincike. 

 Nau'o'in kifi 
Whales a cikin yanayin ruwa na Ghana na cikin nau'ikan iyalai Ziphiidae (whalees), Physeteridae (wheles) da Kogiidae (whales sperm). 'Dolphins', da sauran nau'o'in da aka rubuta a cikin ruwan yammacin Afirka amma ba a cikin ruwan Ghana ba kamar blue whales,  bryde's whales, da minke whales  ba a lissafa su a ƙasa ba. Mafi yawan dolphins tare da ruwan Ghana sun hada da Atlantic humpback dolphins  da kuma bottlenose dolphins. 

 Whales masu kaifi 
An Goma Whales masu kaifi melon ba zato ba tsammani a cikin ruwan Ghana. An sauka samfurori a Shama a cikin 1994 kuma hudu a Dixcove a cikin 2000 da 2002. Wani kifi mai kisa mai girma wanda ya sauka a Dixcove a watan Disamba na shekara ta 2007 shine rikodin farko da aka rubuta a Tekun Guinea. Ba a san matsayi ba amma, kamar sauran wurare, whale mai kisan gilla mai kisan kai mai kisan ba su da yawa.

 Whales masu kisan kai na ƙarya 
Rubuce-rubucen whale na ƙarya a Ghana ba su da yawa yayin da nau'in ke bayyana a kai a kai a cikin ruwan Gulf.

 Whales masu tuƙi 
Kayan kifi masu gajeren fuka-fuki suna da yawa a cikin ruwan teku na Ghana, Goma suna faruwa a bakin tekun Côte d'Ivoire.  Whales masu gajeren fuka-fuki sune wadanda ba a kama su ba a cikin tarkon da ke cikin Ghana (3.5% na kama cetacean, ) kuma an sauka a Shama, Axim da Dixcove. Yawancin samfurori sun yi yawa don ɗaukar jiragen kamun kifi na sana'a kuma ana jan su zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa. An yi amfani da samfurin Vridi don dalilai na bincike. An san samfurin kwarangwal guda ɗaya a Ghana kuma mai yiwuwa an tattara shi a shekarar 1956.

 Killer whales 
Killer whales suna cikin ruwan Gulf of Guinea  kodayake ba a la'akari da yawan jama'a a cikin adadi mai yawa ba.  An kashe wani whale mai kisan kai kimanin 15-20 nm a kudancin Abidjan a cikin 1958 amma dabbar ta nutse. Wannan ya nuna cewa killer whales suna cikin ruwan teku na Yammacin Afirka. Masu lura da jakar tuna ta masana'antu sun ba da rahoton wasu abubuwan da aka gani a bakin tekun Laberiya, Ivory Coast da Ghana. Rubuce-rubucen farko a Ghana sun hada da whales guda uku da suka sauka a Apam a shekara ta 2003. An tattara kwanyar daga wani whale mai kisan kai na ƙarya wanda ya makale a kusa da Assini, Côte d'Ivoire, a cikin 1970 (van Bree, 1972) kuma daga samfurin a Benin. 

 Whale mai bakinsa na Cuvier 
Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) Offshore Cuvier's beaked whale is a cosmopolitan ziphiid found in pelagic tropical to warm temperate waters. A juvenile landed at Axim in 1994 is the first documented beaked whale in the Gulf of Guinea. The status of Cuvier’s beaked whale is unknown, but no threats are identified. The single capture in Ghana among hundreds of other small cetaceans suggests that impact from bycatch is probably negligible.

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