The Canoe and Fishing Gear Owners Association of Ghana(CaFGOAG) has observed that destructive fishing methods and practices by individual vessels continue to drive the collapse of Ghana’s artisanal fisheries.
According to the association, prominent among the illegalities, was the “Saiko trade” involving harvesting and sale at sea of juvenile and small pelagic fishes by industrial trawlers to adapted canoes.
This was contained in a press release issued and signed by the Chairman of the association, Nana Kweigyah and made available to the GNA in Takoradi.
The release said the “The time requires a comprehensive plan to address Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing in artisanal fisheries.”
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Destructive fishing methods collapsing artisanal fisheries-Nana Kweigyah