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 Day, June 8, the Minister of Fisheries rejected the requests, in a victory for sustainable fisheries. Attention is now on a similar case in Ghana,...
Government is putting a stop to entries of new artisanal canoes in the marine sector for three years, Mavis Hawa Koomson, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, has announced.
This move is part of measures to manage the growing number of canoes and control fishing in a way that helps...
- Liberia’s Fisheries DG; as Liberia and Ghana Sign MoU
The Government of Liberia, through the National Fisheries & Aquaculture Authority in collaboration with the Liberia Maritime Authority, and the Government of Ghana, through its Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, on Monday, November 7, 2022 signed a Memorandum of...
Stakeholders in the aquaculture subsector have called on the Fisheries Commission (FC) and the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) to develop a Residue Monitoring Plan as part of measures to guarantee safe and high quality fish for consumers in line with international standards and export requirements.
This call was contained in...
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 Apeiwosika at Axim, Shama, Sekondi, New Takoradi and Funko beaches show that the closed season has been deeply understood and accepted by the fisherfolk.
Western Regional...
Ghanaian workers have reported shocking human rights abuses aboard Chinese-owned trawl vessels - from beatings to a lack of drinkable water or basic medicines, and punishing working hours.
This abuse of the crew goes hand-in-hand with threats, bribery of fisheries observers, and large-scale illegal fishing.
The testimonies, documented in a new...
For the first time in three years, the countries fishing sector has shown signs of a promising future as figures from the Ghana Statistical Service indicate it has finally recorded growth after a period of contraction.
The fishing sector has been in abysmal form since 2017, when growth contracted to...
Climate change is intensifying food insecurity across sub-Saharan Africa, where Russia’s war in Ukraine and the pandemic are also adding to food shortages and high prices.
Climate events - which destroy crops and disrupt food transport - are disproportionately common in the region. One-third of the world’s droughts occur in sub-Saharan...