Fishing trawlers in bumper harvest after closed season in Ghana

Published Oct 20, 2021

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The article reports a successful end to Ghana's fish closed season, which ended in September, with fishing vessels returning earlier than expected and carrying large catches of various fish species. The Executive Director of the Fisheries Commission, Michael Attah Dadzie, visited the Tema Fishing Harbour and praised the industry for its compliance with the closed season, leading to increased fish stocks. He also addressed concerns about the need for expanded cold storage facilities to prevent post-harvest losses. The article highlights the importance of continued compliance with closed seasons to maintain fish stocks and suggests a hire purchase agreement between fishing companies and vessel owners to address issues of Chinese vessel ownership and Ghanaian licensing.

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Many trawling vessels are reportedly enjoying a bumper harvest of fish, two weeks after the opening of this year’s fish closed season. The catches are mostly made up of redfish, cassava fish, octopus, herrings, mackerel and salmon. Normally, it would take a trawler on a fishing expedition between four weeks to six weeks to return with enough catch, but the situation has greatly improved post this closed season(August to September), as many of the vessels returned in a record time of two weeks with their storage filled to capacity. This came to light Thursday when the Executive Director of Fisheries Commission, Michael Attah Dadzie, paid a working visit to the Tema Fishing Harbour to ascertain the impact of the closed season. During the visit, MV Lurongyuanyu 969 owned by Roshen Fisheries, had berthed at the Harbour and the crew were busily discharging cartons of fish from the vessel into waiting vehicles. The Operations Assistant of Ronshen Fisheries, Richard ...

Source: Ghanaweb