Oct 1, 2019 | Natural Resources Governance, News, Oceans & Fisheries
A six-member delegation from the United States’ Cooperate for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE) has met with leaders and fisher folks of the Anomabo community in the Central Region to acquaint themselves with activities of the fisheries sector. Led by Mr Matt...
Sep 6, 2019 | Natural Resources Governance, News, Oceans & Fisheries
Fisheries stakeholders have described government’s efforts at combating Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing practices as inadequate. They have therefore called on the government to double its efforts to end the practice to save the marine resource from...
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...
