Excerpt of an investigative story by Adnan Adams Mohammed
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For decades, the Ghanaian fisheries sector has been inundated with many allegations of fisheries crime related activities, which affects many fisherfolks who depend on the sea for their livelihood and the Ghanaian economy.
Despite generating over GHC 235 million in revenue in 2023 and 2024, according to the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture data shared with this team through an RTI request, the sector is plagued by allegations of fisheries crime, including overfishing and Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing activities.
While the sector provides jobs for about 10% of Ghana’s population, it is faced with the double agony of thwarting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) efforts while risking the European Union (EU) market ban for Ghana’s seafood and products.
In the face of unwatched fishing in Ghana’s sea which has contributed to the second yellow card (warning) by the European Union, yet, almost five years after, the country has done nothing much to reverse the trend, despite the previous Fisheries Minister, Mavis Hawa Koomson’s assurances.
