Prof. Noble Kwame Asare

Focus & expertise

Specializations

Aquatic Microbial Ecology Aquatic Pollution Climate Change Studies Coastal Fisheries Ecology Physical Oceanography

Academic interests · number = colleagues who share it

Assessing the Ecological Health of Coastal Water Bodies Ecological Study of Fish Fauna in Brackish Water Environment Ecological and Socio-Economical Impacts of Pollution in Aquatic Systems Microbial Ecology of Coastal Water Bodies Pollution and Ecology of Coastal Water Bodies

Recent activity

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Project May 2019

Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience

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Project Nov 2018

Research-based management of Gulf of Guinea (HOTSPOT I)

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Project Nov 2018

USAID/UCC Fisheries and Coastal Management Capacity Building Support Project

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Fellowship Jan 2018

Visiting Scholar

Background

🎓 Education & qualifications

Postgraduate Diploma in Science Education

University of St. Mark and St. John

2009

Doctor of Philosophy in Marine Biogeochemistry

University of Plymouth

2007

Master of Science in Aquatic Ecology

University of Bremen

2002

Bachelor of Science in Zoology

University of Ghana

1999

★ Career & positions

Head of Department

Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Aug, 2020 to Feb, 2022

Teaching & projects

Projects

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Africa Centre of Excellence in Coastal Resilience

Sectoral Liaison Officer

January 2019 - January 2023

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Research-based management of Gulf of Guinea (HOTSPOT I)

Research Scientist

January 2018 - December 2020

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USAID/UCC Fisheries and Coastal Management Capacity Building Support Project

Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator

September 2014 - August 2019

Publications ORCID 0000-0002-1435-768X →

2022 Shoreline Variability of a Bay Beach: The Case of Apam Beach, Ghana journal article

2022 Identification of molecular determinants of antibiotic resistance in some fish farms of Ghana journal article

2022 Tidal influence on fish faunal occurrence and distribution in an estuarine mangrove system in Ghana journal article

2021 WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies journal article

2020 Physical distancing and risk of COVID-19 in small-scale fisheries: a remote sensing assessment in coastal Ghana journal article

2018 Socioeconomic dynamics of the Ghanaian tuna industry: a value-chain approach to understanding aspects of global fisheries journal article

2016 Comparative Assessment of Mangrove Biomass and Fish Assemblages in an Urban and Rural Mangrove Wetlands in Ghana journal article

2015 Effects of hydrographic conditions of ponds on juvenile fish assemblages in the Kakum mangrove system, Ghana journal article

2014 A survey of the benthic macrofauna and fish species assemblages in a mangrove habitat in Ghana journal article

2012 Profitability of small-scale fisheries in Elmina, Ghana journal article

Honors & affiliations

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Visiting Scholar

University of Cincinnati, USA · 2018

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Permanent Member

AEF Africa-Europe Strategic Group for Ocean Governance · 2023

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Member

Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography · 2011

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Member

University Teachers Association of Ghana · 2010

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Member

The Challenger Society for Marine Science, United Kingdom · 2005

Colleagues & frequently viewed together

Prof. Joseph Aggrey-Fynn Professor · Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ›

Prof. Denis Worlanyo Aheto Professor · Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ›

Dr. Emmanuel Acheampong Senior Lecturer · Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ›

Prof. Isaac Okyere Associate Professor · Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ›

Dr. Paul Kojo Mensah Senior Lecturer · Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ›

Prof. Edward Adzesiwor Obodai Professor · Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ›

Dr. Marcelinus Dery Lecturer · Department of Communication Studies Climate Change Studies ›

Dr. Francis Nkrumah Senior Lecturer · Department of Physics Physical Oceanography ›

Dr. Emmanuel Acheampong Senior Lecturer · Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ›

Dr. Paul Kojo Mensah Senior Lecturer · Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ›

Prof. Denis Worlanyo Aheto Professor · Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ›

Prof. Isaac Okyere Associate Professor · Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ›

Dr. Kwadwo Kesse Mireku Senior Lecturer · Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ›

Prof. Joseph Aggrey-Fynn Professor · Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences ›

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