General News of Wednesday, 10 April 2019Source: Starrfmonline.comNo fishing from May 15 – Governmentplay videoThe ban according to the fisheries ministry is to save some species of fishesGovernment has announced dates for the commencement of its ban on fishing in Ghana’s waters. Dubbed ‘close season’, the ban according to the fisheries ministry was to save some species of fishes such as mackerel, anchovies, and others that are going into extinction in the country’s waters due to poor fishing practices. Announcing the new dates Wednesday at a press conference in Accra, the fisheries minister Elizabeth Afoley Quaye said after extensive consultation and stakeholder engagement, 15 May and 15 June have been agreed as the period for inshore and artisanal fishermen to do their close season. The industrial trawlers, she further observed also agreed to do theirs from the 1 August to 30 September with the Tuna sector having had their close season already from the 1 January to the end of February. The close season law was passed in 2002 and it is mandatory for the fisheries sector to observe it.

Source: GhanaWeb April 10, 2019 10:51 UTC