• Produced a white paper on the presence of coral colonies at Saltpond Oil Field, with recommendations on best approaches to ensure upcoming decommissioning process retains the ecological and economic value of the corals.

• Collecting biodiversity data to support the policy brief

• Through collecting oral accounts from fisherfolk we have identified potential coral sites in Tema and Nungua.

• Next step: Exploratory dives and collecting photographic and video evidence to support creation of new protected areas.

Mapping the extent of shipwreck sites at Takoradi.

Pollution from illegal river mining (‘galamsey’) practices In Ghana (primarily too much sediment, along with arsenic and mercury) are choking coastal ecosystems. We are researching bio-inspired design options for filtration, looking into how to enhance the capacity of our native ecosystems (e.g. mangroves and oyster reefs) to filter coastal and freshwater pollution.

We are conducting interviews with small-scale fishers along the Accra coast to understand the conflicts between them and commercial fisheries, and explore potential solutions that will help sustain the traditional livelihoods of fisherfolk.