Donatus Angnuureng, University of Cape Coast, ACECoR, Centre for Coastal Management,, Cape Coast, Ghana, Philip-Neri Jayson-Quashigah V, University of Ghana, Marine and Fisheries Sciences, Accra, Ghana, Thomas Stieglitz, IRD, CEREGE, Marseille, France, Rafael Almar, LEGOS, CNES, Toulouse, France and Kwasi Appeaning Addo, University of Ghana, IESS, Accra, Ghana