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Fisheries Ministry suspends four trawler licences over regulatory breaches
The Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Emelia Arthur, has announced the suspension of licences for four industrial trawlers due to multiple violations of...
Fisheries Ministry announces 2025 closed season [Video]
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has announced July 1 to July 31 as the official period for the 2025 closed season for...
Fisheries Ministry launches support initiative for inland fishers
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has launched a distribution initiative to support fishers in the inland sector of Ghana’s fishing industry.
Spearheaded by...
Fisheries Ministry to enforce penalties for breaching closed season regulations
The Fisheries Enforcement Unit of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has warned fisherfolk to strictly comply with the closed fishing season.
According to...
Fisheries Ministry announces 2024 closed season
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, has announced July 1 to July 31 as the date for the 2024 closed season.
This date binds...
Fisheries Ministry announces Ghana’s first Marine Protected Areas
Fisheries and Aquaculture Development Minister Mavis Hawa Koomson has announced Ghana’s first Marine Protected Areas (MPA).
The MPA covers some 700km2 of biodiversity-rich coastal waters. The communities...
Fisheries Ministry holds National Fish Festival in Accra [Photos]
The fourth edition of the National Fish Festival has been opened in Accra with an exhibition and deliberations on the promotion of a sustainable...
Fisheries Ministry revokes licenses of 14 fishing vessels
The Fisheries Ministry has revoked the licenses of some 14 vessels from operating in Ghana waters.
The Ministry says the 14 vessels breached the country’s...
Fisheries Ministry to reduce importation of fish
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has pledged to cut the importation of fish into the country.
According to its Deputy Minister, Moses Anim,...
Don’t be deceived – Fisheries Ministry on Mahama’s closed season promise
Deputy Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Moses Anim has urged fishermen and other stakeholders to turn a deaf ear to former President Mahama's...
Fisheries Ministry launches certification scheme to check poor handling of fish
Deputy Fisheries Minister, Moses Anim, has announced the launch of the National Safe Certification and Licensing Scheme.
The scheme seeks to certify fish processors with...
Fisheries Ministry to receive funding for ‘Aquaculture for Food and Jobs Programme’
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development will soon receive funds from the Ministry of Finance to support the Aquaculture for Food and Jobs...
Fisheries Ministry opens sea for artisanal fishers after a month of closed season
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD) on Monday opened the sea to artisanal fishers to resume fishing.
The season was closed for a...
Fisheries Ministry contemplates additional one-month closed season for fishing fleets
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD) is considering an additional one-month closed fishing season for all fishing fleets to help replenish the...
Fisheries Ministry, Commission announce 2021 closed season
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development and the Fisheries Commission, have announced July 1 to July 30 as the date for the 2021...
Fisheries Ministry begins investigation into fish deaths at Osu-Castle beach
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has begun investigations into the death of some large species of fish spotted at the Osu-Castle beach...
No evidence of Steroid fish in Ghana – Fisheries Ministry
The Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministry has rubbished claims that some Chinese engaged in fish farming in the country are using steroids to produce tilapia.
According...
IFC explores aquaculture collaboration with Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture...
Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development to distribute 40,000 facemasks to fishers
The Director of the Greater Accra Fisheries Commission has indicated the Fisheries and Aquaculture Development Ministry’s preparedness to distribute 40,000 facemasks to fishing communities...
Ministry of fisheries and Aquaculture to announce observance of closed season for fishermen in...
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture is set to announce a closed season for all kinds of fishers in Ghana.
The move by the Ministry,...
Afenyo-Markin lauds Police, Interior Ministry over probe into Naa Koryoo’s claims [Audio]
Minority Leader and Effutu MP, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has praised the Ministry of the Interior and the Ghana Police Service for conducting an “objective and...
Fisheries must be pillars of peace, not points of conflict – Minister
The Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Emelia Kobiaba Arthur, has called for urgent international cooperation to protect fisheries from growing threats and to...
Fisheries Minister engages World Bank on job creation and coastal development
The Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Emelia Arthur (MP), has held a high-level meeting with officials of the World Bank Office in Accra to...
No closed season for artisanal fishers in 2025 – Fisheries Minister explains
The Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Emelia Louisa Kobiaba Ama Atinka Arthur, has clarified that the decision to exempt artisanal fishers from the annual...
Nzema Youth demands inclusion of Western Region in Energy Ministry appointments
The Nzema Youth Alliance (NYA), a group representing indigenes of Nzema land in Ghana and the diaspora, has raised concerns over what it describes...
Fisheries minister installed queen at CK Kope for swift reforms benefiting fisherfolk
In a vibrant and symbolic ceremony marked by rich cultural displays, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Ms Emelia Arthur, was installed as Mama...
Dying waters, dying fisheries: The unseen cost of galamsey on Ghana’s fisheries sector
The images are haunting: viral videos shared widely across social media show murky, brown sludge gushing from inland rivers into the sea, choking the...
Inland Fisherfolk want establishment of Development and Research Fund under new Fisheries Act
The National Inland Canoe Fishermen Council is prevailing on the government to consider the establishment of a dedicated Development and Research Fund to the...
Government committed to sustainable fisheries management as closed fishing season ends – Hawa Koomson
Fisheries Minister Mavis Hawa Koomson has reiterated government's commitment to sustainable fisheries management and its contribution to the country's economic development.
She stated government's ongoing...
Bawumia’s vision for the fisheries sector is a game-changer – Richard Ahiagbah
The policy proposal for the fisheries sector by the 2024 flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, will enhance the business...
Dr Bawumia outlines plans for a robust fisheries industry
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has outlined his vision for the fisheries industry, promising to support the efficient implementation of a robust fisheries plan that...
Disappearances of fisheries observers in Ghana alarming – Executive Director of CMLSA
The Centre for Maritime Law and Security Africa (CMLSA) has raised concerns about the alarming rate at which fisheries observers are disappearing from fishing...
Missing fisheries observer found decapitated after disappearing on Tuna Vessel
The decapitated body of Ghanaian fisheries observer, Samuel Abayitey has been discovered a month after his disappearance aboard the tuna vessel “Marine 707” stationed...
Deputy Minister of Fisheries leads relief effort for Akosombo dam spillage victims
The Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, along with the Chief Director, led a delegation to deliver relief items valued at millions of...
2023 Farmers Day: Agric Ministry announces closure of these roads
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has announced a five-day roadblock within the Ministries enclave as part of the 2023 Farmers’ Day celebrations....
Another Ghanaian fisheries observer missing
Another Ghanaian fisheries observer has disappeared again. Samuel Abayitey was aboard a tuna vessel, Marine 707.
His work was part of a government effort to...
USAID trains over 8000 Ghanaian youth to boost fisheries sector
The United State Agency for International Development (USAID) has pledged to rebuild and manage fish stocks in Ghana.
In addition, over 8,000 Ghanaian youth will...
Anomabo Fisheries College to be operational by end of 2023
Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has revealed works are far advanced on the Anomabo Fisheries College for enrolment to begin.
President Nana Akufo-Addo in 2019 cut...
Dr Afriyie Akoto hands over Agric Ministry to Hawa Koomson [Photos]
Former Agric Minister, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, has officially handed over the sector to caretaker minister, Mavis Hawa Koomson.
This follows a directive from the...
Hawa Koomson takes over Agric Ministry
President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed the Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mavis Hawa Koomson, as Caretaker Minister for the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
This...