CSOs call for review of gold reconnaissance activities along Ghana’s inshore waters

A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) working in the area of fisheries and marine ecosystems, has petitioned the government to review and clarify legal agreements permitting GoldCoast Resource Corp to undertake offshore gold reconnaissance activities along Ghana’s inshore waters.

According to the Coalition, the company’s published map indicated that substantial portions of its licensed area fell within Ghana’s Inshore Exclusion Zone (IEZ), which the Fisheries and Aquaculture Act, 2025 (Act 1146) defined as the coastal waters between the coastline and 12 nautical miles offshore.

It said Ghana’s expanded IEZ, the Marine Fisheries Management Plan, and the recently declared Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Greater Cape Three Points enclave were important national commitments that should be considered together with any mineral decisions affecting the same waters.