• About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
Friday, June 27, 2025
  • Login
The Vaultz News
  • Top Stories
  • News
    • General News
    • Education
    • Health
    • Opinions
  • Economics
    • Economy
    • Finance
      • Banking
      • Insurance
      • Pension
    • Securities/Markets
  • Business
    • Agribusiness
    • Vaultz Business
    • Extractives/Energy
    • Real Estate
  • World
    • Africa
    • America
    • Europe
    • UK
    • USA
    • Asia
    • Around the Globe
  • Innovation
    • Technology
    • Wheels
  • Entertainment
  • 20MOBPL2DNew
  • Jobs & Scholarships
    • Job Vacancies
    • Scholarships
No Result
View All Result
The Vaultz News
  • Top Stories
  • News
    • General News
    • Education
    • Health
    • Opinions
  • Economics
    • Economy
    • Finance
      • Banking
      • Insurance
      • Pension
    • Securities/Markets
  • Business
    • Agribusiness
    • Vaultz Business
    • Extractives/Energy
    • Real Estate
  • World
    • Africa
    • America
    • Europe
    • UK
    • USA
    • Asia
    • Around the Globe
  • Innovation
    • Technology
    • Wheels
  • Entertainment
  • 20MOBPL2DNew
  • Jobs & Scholarships
    • Job Vacancies
    • Scholarships
No Result
View All Result
The Vaultz News
No Result
View All Result

Fishery Experts call for securing of fish landing sites to enhance fishery activities

November 20, 2020
thevaultzby thevaultz
in Agribusiness
0
Fishery Experts call for securing of fish landing sites to enhance fishery activities

Experts in the fishery sector have called on the government, fishing communities, and other stakeholders to secure artisanal landing sites for sustainable small-scale fisheries in order to improve the livelihood of fisherfolks.

The demand follows an observation made on how landing sites were being sold off to companies in the hospitality industry and individuals interested in oil and gas production as well as those who wanted to build residential facilities at the coastal areas.

The call was made during National Multi-Stakeholder Policy Dialogue Workshop held yesterday, November 19, in Accra, which was meant to develop a roadmap to ensure that landing sites are properly demarcated, documented and legally given approvals.

RelatedPosts

Dairy and Agribusiness Hold Untapped Billions For Ghana’s Economy

Ghana’s $2 Billion Food Import Bill: Agric Minister Calls for Urgent Reform

Farming Can Be Profitable—If We Fix This One Big Problem, Says DBG Economist

Speaking at the Stakeholders Policy Dialogue Workshop, Mr. Kyei Kwadwo Yamoah, the Programs Manager of Friends of the Nation (FoN), a fishery advocacy group, intimated that it is time for government and relevant state agencies to put in systems and policies to effectively enhance operations of fishermen. He then urged the government and key players in the fishery sector to help identify future lands that can be used as landing sites and help secure them for that purpose.

 “These lands should be properly demarcated, properly documented, properly mapped, and legally given approvals so that these lands will last for fishermen. This will be a legacy that fishing communities can rely on so that in future people cannot come in and take these lands from fisher folks,” Mr. Yamoah said.

“We are looking at securing these landing sites so that when the time comes government will not have to pay compensation to persons who have already settled on these lands,” he added.

According to Mr. Donkris Mevuta, Executive Director of FoN, encroachment and sale of lands along landing sites has adversely affected fishing activities and it was for this challenge that the European Union funded a project dubbed “Far Ban Bo”, which was meant for piloting the mapping and documentation of five landing sites. The sites were Abutiakope and Kedzikpe communities in the Keta District, Whuti community in the Anloga District, Anomabo community in the Mfantsiman Municipal and the Abuesi community in the Shama District.

Mr. Mevuta explained that fish landing sites in Ghana are useful entry points for participatory development of the fishing industry and the geographical space where majority of actions take place to support onshore fishery-based livelihoods. He, therefore, revealed that mapping and securing fish landing sites would ensure women have long term access to the sites to purchase fish, process it, and market in order to sustain livelihoods and promote a healthy nutrition for the nation at large.

Speaking on the need for securing fish landing sites, Dr Wordsworth Odame Larbi, a Land Tenure Officer at FAO, said about five million people in Ghana are vulnerable to becoming food insecure if problems associated with landing sites are not resolved. He added that 68 percent of lands in Ghana are suitable for agricultural practices, of which, only 10 percent have been registered for such purposes.

He, therefore, entreated stakeholders in the sector to encourage government to integrate instruments adopted by the International Community in order to protect and improve the operations of the fishery sector.

Dr Wordsworth Odame Larbi gave an assurance that FAO was going to strengthen its partnership with the Ministries of Fisheries and Aquaculture and, Ministry of Food and Agriculture to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals ‘2 & 3’ of ending hunger, and promoting good health and well-being.

Tags: Fish Landing SitesFishery SectorNational Multi-Stakeholder Policy Dialogue Workshop
Please login to join discussion
Previous Post

Africa needs more than G20 offers to address looming debt crisis

Next Post

Official Liquidator Gazettes 8 More failed Fund Mgt Companies Despite UniSecurities in Court

Sign up for The Vaultz analytic wire

Get weekly news analysis from top editors at The Vaultz and stay informed on trending economic and business issues from across the globe.

Related Posts

GSE Holds Its Breath with Zero Index Movement
Securities/Markets

GSE Holds Its Breath with Zero Index Movement

June 27, 2025
Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, U.S., Students
General News

Ghana on U.S. Visa Ban Watchlist Over Student Overstays

June 26, 2025
Kotoko Set to Face Kaizer Chiefs in 2025 Toyota Cup
Sports

Kotoko Set to Face Kaizer Chiefs in 2025 Toyota Cup

June 26, 2025
EU Launches Preparedness Union Strategy
Europe

EU Bemoans Dire Humanitarian Situation In Gaza

June 26, 2025
Darfur Ministers To Stay In Sudan Cabinet
Africa

Darfur Ministers To Stay In Sudan Cabinet

June 26, 2025
Eugene Boakye Antwi, Party, Report NPP
General News

Reform Needed to Restore NPP’s Soul – Boakye Antwi

June 26, 2025
GSE Holds Its Breath with Zero Index Movement
Securities/Markets

GSE Holds Its Breath with Zero Index Movement

by Stephen M.CJune 27, 2025
Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, U.S., Students
General News

Ghana on U.S. Visa Ban Watchlist Over Student Overstays

by Silas Kafui AssemJune 26, 2025
Kotoko Set to Face Kaizer Chiefs in 2025 Toyota Cup
Sports

Kotoko Set to Face Kaizer Chiefs in 2025 Toyota Cup

by Evans Junior OwuJune 26, 2025
EU Launches Preparedness Union Strategy
Europe

EU Bemoans Dire Humanitarian Situation In Gaza

by Comfort AmpomaaJune 26, 2025
Darfur Ministers To Stay In Sudan Cabinet
Africa

Darfur Ministers To Stay In Sudan Cabinet

by Prince AgyapongJune 26, 2025
Eugene Boakye Antwi, Party, Report NPP
General News

Reform Needed to Restore NPP’s Soul – Boakye Antwi

by Silas Kafui AssemJune 26, 2025
GSE Holds Its Breath with Zero Index Movement
Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, U.S., Students
Kotoko Set to Face Kaizer Chiefs in 2025 Toyota Cup
EU Launches Preparedness Union Strategy
Darfur Ministers To Stay In Sudan Cabinet
Eugene Boakye Antwi, Party, Report NPP
[/vc_row_inner]

Recent News

  • GSE Holds Its Breath with Zero Index Movement
  • Ghana on U.S. Visa Ban Watchlist Over Student Overstays
  • Kotoko Set to Face Kaizer Chiefs in 2025 Toyota Cup
  • EU Bemoans Dire Humanitarian Situation In Gaza
  • Darfur Ministers To Stay In Sudan Cabinet
The Vaultz News

Copyright © 2021 The Vaultz News. All rights reserved.

Navigate Site

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact

Follow Us

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Top Stories
  • News
    • General News
    • Education
    • Health
    • Opinions
  • Economics
    • Economy
    • Finance
      • Banking
      • Insurance
      • Pension
    • Securities/Markets
  • Business
    • Agribusiness
    • Vaultz Business
    • Extractives/Energy
    • Real Estate
  • World
    • Africa
    • America
    • Europe
    • UK
    • USA
    • Asia
    • Around the Globe
  • Innovation
    • Technology
    • Wheels
  • Entertainment
  • 20MOBPL2D
  • Jobs & Scholarships
    • Job Vacancies
    • Scholarships

Copyright © 2021 The Vaultz News. All rights reserved.