Sep 6, 2019 | Natural Resources Governance, News, Oceans & Fisheries
The fishermen, led by their chief Fisherman, Nana Obrenu Dabum III, said to strictly abide by their decision, a taskforce has been set up to regularly patrol the shores to prevent alien fishermen from engaging IUU practices oblong their beaches.The fishermen and...
Sep 6, 2019 | Natural Resources Governance, News, Oceans & Fisheries
Stakeholders in the fisheries value chain have called for an amendment to the Fisheries Act 625, 2002, to ensure sustainable development in the country’s fisheries sub-sector. They said the amendment should promote transparency, participation and accountability...
Feb 25, 2019 | Natural Resources Governance, News, Oceans & Fisheries
An European Union Council Africa Working Party, has stressed the need for concerted efforts from both local and foreign actors in the country’s fisheries sector to help rebuild its dwindling fish stock. The group that is responsible for the management of the union’s...
Nov 7, 2018 | Natural Resources Governance, News, Oceans & Fisheries
Contrary to reports that the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture had legalized transshipment, known as “Saiko”, Corporal Agyemang Opambour, member of the Western Command Fisheries Enforcement Unit (FEU) reiterated that the practice was illegal in Ghanaian waters. He...
Nov 7, 2018 | Active Citizenship, Health, Natural Resources Governance, News, Oceans & Fisheries
Some fishmongers at Abandze in the Central Region have expressed concern about the increasing quantity of juvenile fish sold to them in recent times. At a forum for fishermen, fish processors and traders at Abandze, organised as part of activities to celebrate their...
Sep 6, 2018 | Natural Resources Governance, News, Oceans & Fisheries
Friends of the Nation (FoN) under the auspices of the FAR’ BAN BO Project funded by the European Union (EU) participated in the Grand Durbar of the Ahobaa Kese Festival of the people of Gomoa Fetteh, a coastal fishing community in Central Region. FoN used drama...
