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Results of a Preliminary Shoreline Shellfish Sanitary Survey Near Banjul, Gambia Conducted on 18 June 2011
(2011)
  • Kanyi Babanding
  • Michael A Rice, University of Rhode Island
Abstract

A preliminary shoreline survey was conducted along the Bund Road (frequently referred to as Bond Road) levee and the Banjul-Serrekunda Highway in the northern Tanbi Wetlands oyster harvesting area in the metropolitan Banjul area. In part this was designed as a training exercise for Gambian officials will be assuming responsibility for future shoreline surveys in the Gambia. Key identified areas of concern include the Banjul fish landing area on Bund Road utilized by a number of artisanal fishers; an over-water toilet facility for fishers near the fish landing site; evidence of illegal waste and rubbish dumping along Bund Road; an inoperable floodgate and flood control pumping station allowing sewage and runoff waters to from Banjul without treatment to flow unchecked into the Tanbi Wetlands; and a large rubbish dump located in the northern end of the Tanbi Wetlands likely to be a source of considerable contamination. In addition to the hazards to sani tary water quality identified in this report, our observation of the poor condition of the Bund Road Levee and its associated flood control gates and pumping station may be of interest from a flood control standpoint. Th e new National Assembly Building is currently under construction is in low-lying land at the northern edge of the Tanbi Wetlands that is drained by the canal system feeding the floodgate-pumping station on Bund Road. The Bund Road Levee and its associated flood gate and pumping station were constructed in 1952 in response to the severe 1947 Bathurst (Banjul) floods in which hundreds of lives were lost. It is recommended that attention to improvements to the Bund Road Levee and its associated pumping station be given a high priority especially in the light of the location of the new National Assembly Building and the likelihood of sea level rise and greater flood potential in Banjul.

Keywords
  • Shellfish sanitation,
  • water quality,
  • shellfisheries,
  • Gambia
Publication Date
June, 2011
Citation Information
Kanyi Babanding and Michael A Rice. "Results of a Preliminary Shoreline Shellfish Sanitary Survey Near Banjul, Gambia Conducted on 18 June 2011" (2011)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/michael_rice/43/