Fisheries sector moves to combat US$50bn illegal fishing scourge

Fisheries sector moves to combat US$50bn illegal fishing scourge

Wisdom JONNY-NUEKPE
Published July 8, 20263 min read

Ghana is part of some sixteen national governments from across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe and the Pacific to adopt the Mombasa Declaration at the 11th Our Ocean Conference, committing to advance global fisheries transparency and strengthen efforts aimed at combatting illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

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