Twenty (20) fibreglass canoes are being distributed to fishermen along the four coastal regions of Ghana to promote sustainable fishing in the country. With the capacity to accommodate more than 15 ...

Ghana ‘overlooks marginalised women’ in landmark fisheries bill - IN FOCUS: Climate change, overfishing, and aid cuts are all impacting Ghana’s fishing sector, writes Nick Ferris. A new bill designed ...

Ghana’s poor protection of its fishing resources is hurting small-scale fishermen and is causing disputes with the country’s major trade partners. Law no dey [there is no law] While the government has ...

The fisheries sector is an important part of not only Ghana’s economy, but culture as well. There are generations of fishermen and women who process and sell fish. There are communities built solely ...

It is January 12, 2022. On the shores of Prampram, a fishing community in the Greater Accra region near the industrial and fishing port of Tema, about 22 fishermen gather in a shed. They would ...

Ghana has committed up to 100 percent transparency in industrial fishing in its waters effective 2023 through an Electronic Monitoring System (EMS). This is the first of its kind in the West African ...

Ghana has announced plans to expand the area in which small-scale fishers can operate, in response to persistent violations by industrial trawlers encroaching into this zone. The country’s inshore ...

When it comes to abuse and corruption on Chinese fishing vessels in Ghana, Bright Tsai Kweku has seen it all. He has seen Chinese crew treating local fishermen like "slaves", he says. "They beat them, ...

Overuse of unlawful fishing methods and poaching have caused Ghana’s fish stock to decline rapidly resulting in the West African country losing $100 million each year. Ghana’s fishing sector is said ...

Usually under cover of darkness, fishing vessels take to the waters off Ghana’s coast close to Togo. Chinese-owned vessels proliferate and now appear to control Ghana’s waters and the fishing industry ...

When it comes to abuse and corruption on Chinese fishing vessels in Ghana, Bright Tsai Kweku has seen it all. He has seen Chinese crew treating local fishermen like "slaves", he says. "They beat them, ...