The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has mentioned that the Government’s decision to restock some selected dams in the then three Northern Regions is to provide additional 10,380 metric tones of fish to Ghanaians. According to the Sector Minister, “The restocking activities covered 32 dams and dugouts in 32 communities covering a total surface …

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About this investigation Meng Xin vessels have been fined at least US$90,000 for fishery offences committed in Sierra Leone and more than $270,000 in Ghana; Meng Xin vessels have committed at least 16 fishery offences since 2016; A Chinese state enterprise is the ultimate owner of 35 Meng Xin-named vessels operating in West Africa, with …

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About this investigation This in-depth probe into the Meng Xin fleet of vessels operating in the territorial waters of Ghana was launched after several reports of fisheries infractions; Meng Xin vessels have committed at least eight fisheries-related offences, including illegally transferring catches at sea in a lucrative but illegal practice known as “saiko”; Ghanaian law …

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Investigations have begun into the disappearance of two persons in separate incidents at sea, the Marine Police in Tema have said. The missing include a 55-year-old man, only known as Olu, who is reported to have gone missing while aboard a canoe named, Behoko, on September 9, 2019. The canoe is said to have sailed …

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Thanks to Global Fishing Watch, a new partnership between Oceana, SkyTruth, and Google, scientists may be getting closer to figuring out how much of the world’s ocean is fished—but discrepancies in the scale of data are producing wildly different answers. Global Fishing Watch launched in 2016 as a way to track fishing boats around the world. …

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Jonathan White is a retired Rear Admiral for the United States Navy and the President and CEO of the Consortium for Ocean Leadership. Out of sight – out of mind. If you don’t see the ocean outside your window every day, it’s easy to forget how much we depend on it – from the oxygen …

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An Industrial vessel Lu Tong Yuang Yu 956 (AF756) has been fined one million dollars for illegal unreported unregulated fishing. The vessel was discovered by the Western Naval Command of the Ghana Navy whilst on sea patrol on Sunday, June 16, 2019, to be dabbling in IUU and was arrested. The vessel was heading to …

Fishing Trawler Caught On Ghanaian Sea; Fined $1m Read More »

The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has introduced an innovative oven for the smoking of fish that reduces the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, PAH, in smoked fish to 0.3ppm/kg – a standard that makes it beat the European Union (EU) market standard of 2ppm/kg. The improved method (smoker), known as Thiaroye Processing Technique (FTT), is made …

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