The Government of Ghana is considering suspending the closed season for artisanal fishers in 2026 to ease the socio-economic ...

The annual July fishing closure season, intended to rebuild Ghana’s dwindling fish stocks, has intensified economic hardship for fishing households, particularly women and children, a new Sankofa ...

Migration isn’t just a phenomenon of birds, fish, and mammalian behemoths; it’s a strategy that is being embraced by artisanal fishers in the Global South to tackle financial uncertainty and poverty ...

By Stephen AsanteAccra, Feb. 05, GNA – The Government of Ghana is considering halting the closed season policy for artisanal fishers this year (2026) to alleviate the plight of the fisherfolk.“We may ...

When President John Dramani Mahama announced his first batch of ministers, few appointments generated as much anticipation as the Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture. For years, stakeholders had ...

A study conducted by a research team from the University of St Andrews, Scotland, has revealed that Ghana’s closed fishing ...

Ghana has announced plans to expand the area in which small-scale fishers can operate, in response to persistent violations by industrial trawlers encroaching into this zone. The country’s inshore ...

By Evans Worlanyo Ameamu, Keta (VR) Jan. 20, GNA – Some communities along the coast of the Volta Region, including Keta, Anloga, Kedzi, Vodza, Amutsinu, and Anyanyui, are witnessing a surge in illegal ...

Fish vendor Mercy Allotey waits at the beachfront in Ghana's capital Accra for customers to buy the freshest catch brought in by the brightly-coloured dugout canoes plying the coast. The fishing ...