Since 2018, Ghana has appointed fisheries observers on board all industrial trawlers operating under the Ghanaian flag. Their job is to collect data on fishing activities and report on illegal ...

Ghana has passed a new fisheries act which aims at strengthening the artisanal fishery sector, restoring fish stocks and tackling problems with illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing. A major ...

Ghana's coastline stretches 550 kilometers, brimming with untapped economic potential. Yet, for decades, our marine economy has been narrowly focused on fishing - a sector now in crisis due to ...

Lake Volta, Ghana — The sunset over Lake Volta masks the sinister depths below. Rickety vessels are filled with young boys, trapped — like the fish they catch — and forced to dive deep to free ...

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 ...

Ghana’s fishing sector is said to add about $1 billion to government revenues annually and provides livelihood to about 10 per cent of Ghanaians covering about 4 million fishers and their dependents.

As the world prepares to observe the 2026 International Day Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing on June 5, calls are growing for Ghana to strengthen enforcement against illegal ...

On a beach in western Ghana, young conservationist Eric Quayson is teaching fishermen there hand-washing protocol, a small but crucial part of the country’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ghana’s ...

Fish vendor Mercy Allotey waits at the beachfront in Ghana's capital Accra for customers to buy the freshest catch brought in by the brightly-coloured dugout canoes plying the coast. But she complains ...

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In a decisive move to enhance the implementation of the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Work in Fishing Convention (C188), media professionals in Ghana have taken a pivotal role in ...

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, ...