Fishers pledge support for Fisheries and Aquaculture Act
“We recognise the important efforts being made by the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture and the Fisheries Commission to reduce fishing pressure and address overfishing, which include Campaigns against illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, the establishment of Marine Protected areas, and the promotion of co-management approaches,” the group stated.
They stated further that years of widespread illegal fishing practices across multiple subsectors have significantly reduced the productivity of what were once abundant marine resources and continue to undermine effective fisheries management, and as a result, Ghana increasingly relies on fish imports, which the Fisheries Commission estimates at approximately 80,000 tons annually.
They also pledged to establish monthly dialogue platforms to bring together chief fishermen, canoe owners, and other actors in the fishing industry to jointly identify and implement solutions to challenges at their landing beaches, while raising common concerns with the Ministry and the Fisheries Commission to inform future policy and management decisions.
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