Small Scale Fisheries Academy trains 30 fishers, stakeholders in fisheries on co-management

Prof Campion described the training as timely, noting that effective facilitation skills would enable officers of the Fisheries Commission and community leaders to support co-management initiatives at the local level.

Nana Kweigyah observed that the legal framework for fisheries co-management created an opportunity for fishing communities to participate in decision-making, stressing that effective dialogue at the community level was essential to achieving that objective.

Thirty fishers and industry stakeholders drawn from Ghana's four coastal regions have undergone training under the maiden Small-Scale Fisheries Academy (SSF Academy) to promote dialogue and co-management in their fishing communities.