Fishers pledge support for Fisheries and Aquaculture Act
Participants of the inaugural workshop of the Small-Scale Fisheries Academy (SSF Academy) expressed their commitment to help their fellow fishers better understand the Fisheries and Aquaculture Act in their various communities. This statement was made in a communique copied to the Ghana News Agency at the close of the maiden SSF Academy workshop at Winneba. They also pledged to establish monthly dialogue platforms to bring together chief fishermen, canoe owners, and other actors in the fishing industry to jointly identify and implement solutions to challenges at their landing beaches, while raising common concerns with the Ministry and the Fisheries Commission to inform future policy and management decisions.
The 30 men and women drawn from fishing communities across Ghana's four coastal regions stated that the training has strengthened their capacities as community facilitators, equipping them to support their professional groups and communities in playing a more active role in fisheries co-management. The Academy marks the beginning of a one-year partnership between the non-profit Mundus maris asbl, the Canoe and Fishing Gear Owners Association of Ghana (CaFGOAG) LBG.
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