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The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development is a ministry in the Ghanaian government that concentrates on carrying out development interventions to move the fisheries sector and the industry to contribute efficiently to the overall development of the Ghanaian economy. This forms part of the 2014-2017 Sector Medium Term Development Plan.
The Ghana Chamber of Aquaculture (frequently just Chamber of Aquaculture) is a Ghanaian professional association focused on the promotion and dissemination of information about Aquaculture in Ghana. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The organization is a local member of the sustainable aquaculture advocacy program from the World Economic Forum called the Blue Food ...
The current president of Ghana, Nana Akuffo Addo, created a ministry of fisheries and agricultural development in Ghana. On the 9th of April 2018, The current Minister of the Fishery sector in Ghana, Francis Kinsley Ato Cudjoe, announced the “One house, one tank” program which is bound to take effect from May. [11]
Fisheries law is an emerging and specialized area of law. Fisheries law is the study and analysis of different fisheries management approaches such as catch shares e.g. individual transferable quotas; TURFs; and others. The study of fisheries law is important in order to craft policy guidelines that maximize sustainability and legal enforcement ...
Fisheries law is an emerging and specialized area of law which includes the study and analysis of different fisheries management approaches, including seafood safety regulations and aquaculture regulations. Despite its importance, this area is rarely taught at law schools around the world, which leaves a vacuum of advocacy and research.
In April 2011, the Ghana Police Service set up a special Marine Police Unit (MPU). [6] The unit has amongst its duties policing operations related to the country's oil and gas industry, [3] and the handling of offenses contained in the Fisheries Act 2002 and Fisheries Regulations 2011.
Quotas can typically be bought, sold and leased, a feature called transferability. As of 2008, 148 major fisheries (generally, a single species in a single fishing ground) around the world had adopted some variant of this approach, [1] along with approximately 100 smaller fisheries in individual countries. Approximately 10% of the marine ...
The act's results vary for different regions and different fish stocks. It did not prevent the overfishing of many species throughout its first 20 years of existence. This prompted major amendments in 1996 and 2006. The National Marine Fisheries Service issued a report to Congress in 2010 on the status of U.S. fisheries.