… Andrews Agyekumhene (m) with stakeholders in a group photo Stakeholders in sea turtle conservation have been urged to shift from viewing coastal communities as mere beneficiaries of conservation programmes and rather recognise them as active partners in protecting marine ecosyste …
… Executive Director of the Wildlife and Human Resources Organisation (WHRO) Ghana, Dr Andrews Agyekumhene, said meaningful community participation was critical to achieving sustainable and lasting results in marine conservation. …
… Every undersized fish sold today is a fish that never reproduced, and a gap in tomorrow’s catch that no discount can fill, says Dr Andrews Agyekumhene, a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences at the University of Ghana, Accra.“Consumers feel the effec …
… A member of the project’s collaborating partners team, Dr Andrews Agyekumhene, conducted baseline and endline surveys during the workshop to assess changes in participants’ knowledge and confidence. …
… Dr Andrews Agyekumhene, a senior lecturer at the Department of Fisheries and Marine Sciences at the University of Ghana, described marine culture as a promising intervention capable of significantly increasing fish production. …
At Ghana's 5th National Sea Turtle Conference, Dr. Andrews Agyekumhene urged stakeholders to involve coastal communities as active partners in conservation decisions and monitoring rather than passive beneficiaries, arguing that long-term sea turtle survival depends on communities' engagement in nesting areas and coastal development zones.
At Ghana's 5th National Sea Turtle Conference, Dr. Andrews Agyekumhene urged stakeholders to involve coastal communities as active partners in conservation decisions and monitoring rather than passive beneficiaries, arguing that long-term sea turtle survival depends on communities' engagement in nesting areas and coastal development zones.
Dr Andrews Agyekumhene, Executive Director of the Wildlife and Human Resources Organisation Ghana, urged stakeholders to treat coastal communities as active partners rather than beneficiaries in sea turtle conservation efforts. He said meaningful community participation was critical to achieving sustainable results, and that coastal residents should be fully involved in conservation planning, decision-making and monitoring.
Most Ghanaian consumers rarely consider where their fish comes from, how it was caught, or whether it was sustainably harvested, though Ghana is a fish-eating nation where six out of ten homes rely on fish as a protein source.
Fisheries Without Borders held a capacity-building workshop for fishermen, processors, community leaders and marine scientists at NAFAG to strengthen sustainable fisheries management amid climate change and declining fish stocks. The initiative involves Ghana, Nigeria and Benin, with Ghana's marine landings having fallen from about 900,000 tonnes to approximately 400,000 tonnes over three decades, prompting calls for community-centred co-management approaches.
Fisheries Without Borders held a capacity-building workshop for fishermen, processors, community leaders and marine scientists in Ghana as part of a regional initiative with Nigeria and Benin to address declining fish stocks in the Gulf of Guinea through collaborative fisheries management. Marine landings in Ghana have dropped from about 900,000 tonnes to approximately 400,000 tonnes over three decades, pressuring food security and the livelihoods of more than two million people in the fisheries value chain.
Ghana is considering marine culture and community-based commercial fish farming to boost local production, improve food security and create jobs, while addressing declining stocks. The Fisheries Minister cited overfishing, illegal fishing, climate change and weak enforcement as contributing to a deficit of nearly 500,000 metric tonnes annually between national demand of 1.2 million metric tonnes and local production of 600,000–700,000 metric tonnes.