The Fisheries and Aquaculture Development Ministry is seeking Cabinet approval to draft a new Fisheries Act that meets all international obligations in relation to illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities in Ghana’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
Besides, Cabinet has advised that the Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy (2008) should be reviewed to form the basis for the appraisal of the current
fisheries law.
Additionally, the Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy 2021, validated by stakeholders on November 4, 2021, would be submitted to the cabinet for approval and gazetted for implementation in 2022.
The European Union (EU) issued Ghana with a Yellow Card on June 2, 2021 for being identified as a non-compliant country in the fight against IUU fishing. The issues the EU raised included weaknesses in Ghana’s fisheries laws, outdated Marine Management Plan, non-implementation of Closed Season, Illegal transshipment at sea (saiko), and weak enforcement of vessels cited for Infractions.
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