caa a22 4500 38630856X CHVBK 20180307111537.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198804 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0030605300027538 doi S0030605300027538 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0030605300027538 Distribution and exploitation of manatees in Sierra Leone [Elektronische Daten] West African manatees are believed to be declining over much of their range, including in Sierra Leone. They are nominally protected there, but they are traditionally caught and eaten because of their delicious meat and also because they are considered as pests by rice growers and fishermen. The authors' surveys in 1986-1987 showed that manatees are still widely distributed in coastal districts of the country, but that they are being regularly caught in some places, at levels that may not be sustainable. Much more needs to be known to guide appropriate action to ensure that the manatee remains a part of Sierra Leone's wildlife. It is encouraging that one of the authors has begun, under the government Fisheries Division, to implement a manatee research programme. Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1988 Reeves Randall R. Okapi Wildlife Associates, 27 Chandler Lane, RR 1, Box 1096, Hudson, Quebec JOP 1HO, Canada. Tuboku-Metzger Daphne Sierra Leone Environment and Nature Conservation Association, PMB 376, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Kapindi Richard A. Fisheries Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Forestry, Youyi Building, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Oryx Cambridge University Press 22/2(1988-04), 75-84 0030-6053 22:2<75 1988 22 ORX https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605300027538 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605300027538 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Reeves Randall R. Okapi Wildlife Associates, 27 Chandler Lane, RR 1, Box 1096, Hudson, Quebec JOP 1HO, Canada NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tuboku-Metzger Daphne Sierra Leone Environment and Nature Conservation Association, PMB 376, Freetown, Sierra Leone NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kapindi Richard A. Fisheries Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Forestry, Youyi Building, Freetown, Sierra Leone NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Oryx Cambridge University Press 22/2(1988-04), 75-84 0030-6053 22:2<75 1988 22 ORX CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge