The country’s Fisheries Management Plan, which is currently under review, states that the marine fisheries can sustain 48 trawlers. Yet 76 trawlers were licensed...
Senegal has rejected licensing requests for 52 new industrial fishing vessels, after Senegalese small-scale fishers and industrial shipowners raised the alarm. On World Ocean’s...
Most fishermen in coastal districts of the Western Region have embraced this year’s fishing Closed Season which lasts from July to September.
A visit to...
Today, the fisheries sector is playing an extremely important role in Ghana. It binds hundreds of coastal communities, supporting livelihoods and survival for almost...
…cash incentives for fisherfolk advocated
By Kizito CUDJOE
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has urged government to abolish the premixed fuel subsidy policy, citing...
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD) has intensified processes in the adoption of aquaculture fish production as against the traditional unsustainable marine...
Egbert Faibille, Chief Executive Officer of Petroleum Commission (PC) has praised fishermen for their cooperation in minimising incursions into safety zones.
“A safety zone is...
By Wisdom JONNY-NUEKPE
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD) has identified diversion in the pre-mix fuel distribution process as a major factor contributing...
Fish found in water-bodies surrounding the Tarkwa and Damang mines are healthy, according to Gold Fields Ghana which operates both gold mines located in...
The subsidy on premix fuel is a major contributory factor to depletion of fish stocks in the country’s ocean, Prof. Wisdom Akpalu, Director of...