Kenya Marine Mammal Society

Oceans and Seas Fund • Kenya

About

Fighting for dolphins and whales

The Kenya Marine Mammal Network aims to safeguard dolphins and humpback whales threatened by fishing and plastic pollution along Kenya's coast. Through consistent data collection, the project seeks to establish the Lamu Archipelago as an Important Marine Mammal Area (IMMA) and assess one third of Kenya's coastline to identify critical areas for marine mammals.

Pillar & Approaches

Protect Marine Wildlife

Marine biodiversity is in a state of alarming decline, as key species such as whales, sharks, and sea turtles are endangered by habitat destruction, pollution, and excessive fishing. Currently, a mere 8.2% of the world's oceans have protection. There is an urgent requirement to secure an extra 23% as protected areas by 2030. Milkywire supports organizations committed to preserving marine life by engaging in direct protection efforts, conducting research, and generating knowledge. Additionally, we endorse projects aimed at establishing marine protected areas at both national and local levels.

Impacter(s)

Michael is a Researcher who is building a database on dolphin and whale activity along the Kenyan coast, to protect the animals from the effects of climate change.

Michael Mwango'mbe

Kenya Marine Mammal Research and Conservation

Latest updates

25 juni 2025Watamu, Kenya

For the past 2 Months we have been visiting 24 Beach management units along the Kenyan coast, 40% of entire registered BMU’s along the 600km of coastline. We reached out to 209 Fishermen of which 11 were women. We got to learn a lot about the distribution of marine megafauna along the Kenyan coast, interactions with the marine animals and loss of gears, with phase one completed, we will work on compiling the data and phase two of the project would now be to follow the fishermen and community groups again for in-depth follow up and Awareness creation. Thank you so much for your support.

25 juni 2025Watamu, Kenya

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