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A Senior Lecturer at the Department of Marine and Fisheries Science at the University of Ghana, Dr. Angela Lamptey has cautioned that Ghana could...

Members of the Denu Landing Beach have petitioned the Ministry of Fisheries through the Ketu South Municipal Chief Executive, Maxwell Lugudor, to help stop unlawful...

JoyNews/AdomNews · HAWA KOOMSON ON ILLEGAL FISHINGMinister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Mavis Hawa Koomson, has vowed to wage war against illegal fishing practices...

It is rare to see artistes taking on national issues that have nothing to do with the creative arts industry but once in a...

President Nana Akufo-Addo says illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing activities have contributed significantly to a decline in fish stock in Ghana, and, as such,...

The Deputy Eastern Regional Organizer of the National Democratic Congress, David Dakudzi has hit back at the NPP for claiming the NDC was orchestrating...

In response to calls for a total ban on small-scale mining due to the ongoing illegal mining crisis, popularly called galamsey, Dr. Ayew Afriyie,...

The Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS) has expressed its concern over the harmful effects of illegal mining on forest reserves and water...

President of the National Inland Canoe Fishermen Council, Jacob Kabori Tetteh Ageke, has revealed the inland fisheries sector is being threatened by illegal mining...

The President of the National Fisheries Association, Richter Nii Armah Amarfio, says that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will investigate all illegal and corrupt...

The use of light for fishing is part of illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing practices prohibited under Ghana's laws.Section 11 of the Fisheries Regulations...

The Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Hawa Koomson, has issued a warning to fishermen against engaging in illegal fishing as Ghana's annual fishing closed...

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...

A ban has been placed on the registration of new canoes for artisanal fishing for the next three years.This follows the implementation of...

It’s the last day of the one-month-long closed season for canoe and inshore fishers in Ghana.The Closed season is enforced by the Ministry of...

The din of brisk fishing activity greets anyone who ventures onto the landing beach at Jamestown the Greater Accra Region and in coastal regions...

The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has urged the public to disregard media reports related to an alleged encounter between a GPHA Boat...

Three fishermen are in the grip of the Denu Police in the Volta Region for fishing during the closed season.They have been identified...

This season’s closed season for fishing has begun following the symbolic locking of the sea at Elmina by the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture...

President Nana Akufo-Addo on Friday, May 27 commissioned the €85-million Elmina Fishing Port rehabilitation and expansion project in the historic city of Elmina in...

Vessel safety, increasing fuel cost and the inability to meet new licensing requirements have combined to ground the operations of many commercial fishing vessels...

Fishermen at Gomoa Fetteh in the Central Region are lamenting over the illegal activities of trawlers and unorthodox fishing methods.According to them, the use...

There is an uneasy calm at Abuesi, a fishing community in the Shama District of the Western Region following a standoff between the fisherfolk...

Former Kumasi Mayor, Kojo Bonsu, and his team have met with a group of fishing people in communities such as Nkekem, Everwere and Jomoro...

The Ghana Navy on Monday, October 11, 2021, successfully foiled a piracy attempt on a Tuna Fishing Vessel, AFKO 805.They did so by warding...

Personnel of the Fisheries Enforcement Unit (FEU) Western Command, comprising the Marine Police, Navy, and the Monitoring Control Surveillance, have arrested a fisherman at...

JoyNews/AdomNews · Elmina chief ‘defends’ ‘saiko’ fishingThe Omanhene of the Edina Traditional Area (Elmina) in the Central region, Nana Kodwo Conduah VI, has defended...

Canoe fishermen and CSOs in the fisheries sector have condemned activities of some trawlers in illegal trans-shipment popularly known as ‘Saiko’ in Ghana’s waters....

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has commended the fisheries authorities for slapping a whopping $1 million penalty on a fishing company for contravening Ghana’s fishing laws.The...

Member of Parliament for Shama in the Western region...

The chairman of the scientific and technical working group of sustainable fisheries management project has described government’s decision to postpone the closed season for...

Cabinet has decided to postpone the one month ban on all fishing activities in Ghana, which was expected to start August 7, 2018 to...

Cabinet has decided to postpone the one month ban on all fishing activities in Ghana, which was expected to start August 7, 2018 to...

Government has imposed a one month ban on all fishing activities in the country.The ban takes effect from August 7 to September 4, this...

The Minister of Fisheries Elizabeth Naa Afoley Quaye has said that there have been challenges against the fight against illegal fishing in the country...

The Fisheries Commission (FC) and Kenbonad Company Limited, a private Ghanaian-owned fishing company, are engaged in a legal tussle in two different courts over...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has launched the Aquaculture for Food and Jobs programme under the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development.The programme would train 10,000...

Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia will begin the second phase of his nationwide campaign ahead of the...

The policy proposal for the fisheries sector by the 2024 flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, will enhance the business...