As countries commit to bans on bottom trawling, an island community in Cambodia is implementing its own method: dropping large cement blocks in near-shore waters. These not only snag trawling boats’ ...
Climate change is often viewed as an issue that's too big for individual action to matter but when personal choices add up, the impact can be significant.
With their nets at the ready, tens of thousands of fishermen were poised to take part in a traditional festival in northern Nigeria last weekend after a six-year break due to Covid and security ...
The Eastern Naval Command of the Ghana Navy has intercepted illegal light fishing operations along the ...
Ghana has formally notified Togo that it will submit their long-running maritime boundary dispute to arbitration under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), marking a decisive ...
"Ghana has taken this step to avoid an escalation of incidents that have created tensions between some of our institutions and to promote an amicable resolution." ...
In 2020, researchers estimated 60,000 sex workers were operating in Ghana. Although the government prohibits solicitation, a video purportedly showing women sitting in glass display cases has been ...
The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Emelia Arthur, has outlined an ambitious agenda to transform Ghana’s fisheries and aquaculture sector, with emphasis on sustainability, modernization, and ...
A film commissioned by Lloyd’s Register Foundation highlights why commitment to fishing safety matters by bringing stories of ...
Nigeria has agreed to be the first country to test a new regional database of authorised fishing vessels in West Africa, a latest effort to..
He also disclosed that Nigeria’s draft National Plan of Action on illegal fishing was being reviewed and updated following the transfer of fisheries oversight to the Federal Ministry of Marine and ...
The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy and Chairman of the Conference of Ministers of the Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC), Dr. Adegboyega Oyetola, announced the plan ...