Piracy is no longer a distant threat mdash;it is here in Ghana rsquo;s waters . rdquo; mdash; Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture This article highlights the urgent need for Ghana to confront the ...

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 ...

Migration isn’t just a phenomenon of birds, fish, and mammalian behemoths; it’s a strategy that is being embraced by artisanal fishers in the Global South to tackle financial uncertainty and poverty ...

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 ...

Oceana, the largest international advocacy organization dedicated solely to ocean conservation, has appointed Sonia Kwami to lead its new office in Ghana, the organization's first in Africa. Kwami ...

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 ...

Prampram (GAR), Feb 27, GNA – The Canoe and Fishing Gear Owners Association of Ghana (CaFGOAG) has bemoaned the loss of young energetic fishers to illegal mining (galamsey) space. This, Mr Adjetey ...

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. The fishing ...

By Emmanuel AMEYAW, Project Manager at the Africa Centre for Nature-Based Climate Action (AC4NCA)\xa0Ghana is a nation defined by its coastline, a 550-kilometer stretch of sandy beaches, estuaries, ...