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Ghana Hangs Hopes on EU to Curb Illegal Fishing
Ghana Hangs Hopes on EU to Curb Illegal Fishing

February 17, 2022

Ghana’s fisheries sector, like many other developing and third-world countries, is in anticipation to benefit from a ...

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Ghana: Journalists for Responsible Fisheries and Environment bares teeth at government over Saiko
Ghana: Journalists for Responsible Fisheries and Environm...

August 20, 2020

The Journalists for Responsible Fisheries and Environment (JRFE), has called on the government of Ghana to end the il...

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Ghana: End illegal transshipment of fish on Ghanaian waters
Ghana: End illegal transshipment of fish on Ghanaian waters

August 17, 2020

The Central Region branch of the Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council (GNCFC) has called on the government to take ...

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Ghana: Anomabo fishermen empowered to gather evidence on illegal fishing activities.
Ghana: Anomabo fishermen empowered to gather evidence on ...

July 25, 2020

Fishermen in Anomabo have received smart phones for the piloting of an Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU)-ICT ...

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Warning To EU Over Imports From Vessels Fishing Illegally In Ghana
Warning To EU Over Imports From Vessels Fishing Illegally...

July 22, 2020

There is a high risk that seafood caught by vessels fishing illegally in Ghana is entering the EU market, a…

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Illegal Saiko Fishing Continues Openly In Ghana Despite Government Assurances To End It
Illegal Saiko Fishing Continues Openly In Ghana Despite G...

July 15, 2020

The illegal saiko trade continues unabated at Elmina, with an average of 11 landings a week since November 2019, when...

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Ghana: Chinese Fishing Corporations Operating Illegally Will Be Curbed By Companies Act – Legal Analysis
Ghana: Chinese Fishing Corporations Operating Illegally W...

July 3, 2020

If properly enforced, Ghana’s new 2019 Companies Act will make it much more difficult for Chinese fishing corporation...

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Ghana: 5 crew members of Chinese vessel remanded for illegal fishing
Ghana: 5 crew members of Chinese vessel remanded for ille...

June 6, 2020

Two Ghanaians and three Chinese were on Tuesday put before the Takoradi Habour Magistrate Court for committing fisher...

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Ghana: State loses $50.7m yearly to illegal fishing by foreign vessels
Ghana: State loses $50.7m yearly to illegal fishing by fo...

February 21, 2020

Illegal fishing activities by some foreign vessels in the country’s marine territory are denying the state more...

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Ghana: Fisheries ministry introduces sanitation strategy
Ghana: Fisheries ministry introduces sanitation strategy

October 1, 2016

   Madam Sherry Ayitey Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development The Ministry of Fisheries and Aqua...

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