Sekondi, Feb. 8, GNA – The Canoe Owners Association has
called on the government to review the Fisheries Act of 2002,
ACT 625 sub-section 139 because it is greatly affecting their
operations. A statement signed by Mr. Joseph Eshun, Secretary of the
Association, said the fishermen were not informed before the Act
came into being. “The government said there were no funds to cater for the
numerous fishermen to participate in the making of the legislative
instrument at that time”, the statement said. It said the laws were so rigid that if nothing was done about
them, they would kill the fishing industry. It said as much as the fishermen were calling on the authorities
to regulate the use of light in fishing, transhipment of fish, the use
of unapproved nets might cripple the industry.
Source: GhanaWeb
