Wetlands are vital ecological resources that provide several benefits in urban and peri-urban areas. They slow down flood ...

The government has been unable to stop foreign trawlers from pillaging or local fishermen from using unsustainable methods to increase their catch, despite EU pressure Ghana’s poor protection of its ...

Dr Evans Kwasi Arizi, the Chairman of the Marine Protected Area (MPA) Technical Advisory Committee, has said that Ghana’s first MPA at the Greater Cape Three Points in the Western Region will play a ...

Ghana has adopted a new fisheries act that introduces a series of regulations aimed at restoring severely depleted pelagic fish stocks and tackling illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

President John Mahama has urged Ghana’s fishing communities to commit to responsible and sustainable practices as the government rolls out new investments to strengthen the sector.

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 ...

The Ghana Police Service has taken delivery of four new patrol boats to enhance the operational capacity of its Marine Police ...

Marine fishing in Ghana can further be classified into three groups: artisanal, semi-industrial and industrial trawl. A report by the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development in 2022 ...

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 ...

Fishermen and their families in Bonyere, a fishing community next to Ghana's Jubilee Oil Field, felt uneasy that oil production could reduce their fish harvest, in addition of illegal practices by ...

A report and video published by the Environmental Justice Foundation describes a range of human rights abuses experienced by fisheries crew members and official observers on board industrial vessels ...