Last year, the vessel Lu Rong Yuan Yu 956 was caught in Ghanaian waters with illegal nets and undersized ‘small pelagic’ fish on board – the staple

‘Saiko trans-shipments’ – where industrial trawlers transfer fish at sea to specially adapted canoes to be landed – are very clearly illegal under Ghanaian law,

Ghana’s sardinella fishery provides food and livelihoods for coastal communities and is more important than ever as coronavirus spreads. It is under severe threat from illegal targeting

An open letter from the Ghana National Canoe Fishermen’s Council and eight NGOs has called on Ghana’s President to intervene to end the damaging illegal fishing practice

The Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources has announced a temporary ban on the importation of tilapia fingerlings as a preventive measure against the Tilapia

The SkyFox team was at the Osu Children’s home to install tarpaulin tanks for the commencement of the aquaculture project. The installation forms part of

Many fishes have been confirmed dead in the sacred Tano river at Tanoso near Techiman in the Bono East region. The death of the fishes

The Ghana Tuna Association has sued the Fisheries Ministry over what it calls exorbitant licensing fees being charged by the latter. A member of the

The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD)has launched Canoe Identification Card (CIC) for easy identification of all operational canoes in the fisheries sector. The

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

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;

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

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

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

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

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 Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has introduced an innovative oven for the smoking of fish that reduces the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, PAH, in smoked

The government has paid mobilization funds to contractors executing the 10 landing beaches projects, the Minister of Transport, Mr. Kweku Ofori Asiamah, has said. He

Climate changes affecting aquaculture are reflected by temperature changes in both water and air, particularly surface temperatures in marine conditions and other alterations in oceanographic

Cape Coast, Sept. 16, GNA – The over-exploitation of marine resources and depletion of fisheries has become a major challenge for governments worldwide, especially in