Ghana's Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture — enforces fisheries regulations, manages marine protection, and advances sustainable aquaculture through reforms including the 2025 Fisheries Act and Marine Protected Areas.
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Business & Financial Times
… In 2025 and 2026, the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture announced a closed season exemption for marine canoe artisanal fishers, asking that they comply with other traditional and statutory management measures, such as observing designated fishing holidays. …
Over 80% fishers recognise ‘closed season’ as scientific-basedJoy Online
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture has exempted canoe fishing operators from the 2026 Marine Fisheries Closed Season while introducing strict measures to regulate their activities. …
Fisheries Ministry exempts canoe fishers from closed season, introduces strict oversight measuresJoy Online
… The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture, together with the Fisheries Commission, announced that enforcement will be tightened this year, warning that violators will face sanctions under the Fisheries and Aquaculture Act, 2025 (Act 1146). …
Gov’t bans industrial trawlers for two months as 2026 closed fishing season begins in JulyGhana's Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture has outlined key reforms to transform the sector through stronger regulation and sustainable resource management, including passage of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Act 2025, establishment of Ghana's first Marine Protected Area at Cape Three Points, and strengthened measures against illegal fishing.
22 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture has outlined key reforms to transform the sector through stronger regulation and sustainable resource management, including passage of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Act 2025, establishment of Ghana's first Marine Protected Area at Cape Three Points, and strengthened measures against illegal fishing.
22 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Thirty small-scale fisher participants from Ghana's four coastal regions have pledged to help fellow fishers understand the Fisheries and Aquaculture Act in their communities and to establish monthly dialogue platforms with chief fishermen, canoe owners, and other fishing industry actors to identify solutions to landing-beach challenges and raise concerns with the Ministry and Fisheries Commission.
13 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Emelia Arthur, Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, has launched the Komfueku-Shama Aquaculture Project in the Shama Municipality to transform abandoned clay and quarry pits into fish farms in partnership with R&B Farms. The initiative aims to promote sustainable fisheries, boost food production, create jobs, and reduce Ghana's reliance on fish imports.
12 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Titus Owusu Darko, National Union of Ghana Students Secretary for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Skills Development, campaigned on empowering students to pursue agriculture and agribusiness as pathways to economic empowerment and job creation. He scored 73.85 percent before the 58th NUGS Vetting Panel on September 5, 2025, securing his place on the ballot.
11 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The National Premix Fuel Secretariat has recovered GH₵4.6 million in unaccounted funds from an audit covering 2016 to 2024, with 167 Landing Beach Committees covered and 34 fully verified. The recovered margins are part of proceeds earmarked for development projects in Ghana's fishing communities.
9 June 2026 · The Chronicle →
Ghana has reaffirmed its commitment to protecting marine resources and advancing sustainable fisheries governance on World Oceans Day 2026, with the Fisheries Ministry emphasizing the need to protect oceans from overexploitation, pollution, and climate change. The Minister highlighted Ghana's work with communities and partners to combat illegal fishing, strengthen aquaculture, and noted the declaration of a Marine Protected Area at Greater Cape Three Points in the Western Region as a major conservation milestone.
8 June 2026 · Joy Online →
An ongoing Premix Fuel Accountability and Bookkeeping Exercise has accounted for GH¢4,676,011.14 in Community Development Funds held by Landing Beach Committees, following a special audit that uncovered financial irregularities and weak record-keeping in the management of premix fuel margins designated for fishing community development projects.
8 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The Fisheries Enforcement Unit arrested two inshore fishing operators at Tema Fishing Harbour for operating without valid licenses and improper use of fishing gear. The arrests are part of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture's efforts to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and ensure compliance with fisheries regulations.
2 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture is intensifying safeguards for Ghana's premix fuel subsidy system to ensure benefits reach genuine fisherfolk. The Chamber of Oil Marketing Companies met with the Minister to address concerns over diversion, hoarding, and misuse of subsidized fuel that was intended to support small-scale fishers and canoe operators.
30 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Minister Emelia Arthur has stressed the need for greater inclusion and support for women in Ghana's fisheries sector, noting that 60 percent of the country's animal protein comes from fish and about three million Ghanaians depend on the fisheries value chain. She stated that the majority of people engaged in the fisheries value chain are women, making it imperative to design policies and interventions that support them.
29 May 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
An Environmental Justice Foundation assessment across eight coastal towns found that more than 80 percent of fishers understood the scientific benefits of Ghana's government-imposed fishing closed season. The three-year study, conducted since 2023, involved 120 fishers as citizen scientists in biological monitoring, with nearly half reporting greater trust in regulators and 85 percent expressing interest in future training.
18 May 2026 · Business & Financial Times →
Ghana's Fisheries Ministry has exempted canoe fishing operators from the 2026 Marine Fisheries Closed Season while introducing strict oversight measures, citing the sector's critical role in food security and its supply of approximately 80 per cent of locally consumed fish. Industrial and semi-industrial vessels will observe scheduled closures during specified periods in 2026.
28 April 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's government will ban industrial trawlers from operating for two months starting July 1, 2026, and semi-industrial inshore vessels for one month, as part of the annual closed fishing season aimed at rebuilding fish stocks. Marine artisanal canoe fishers are exempted to protect coastal livelihoods, though they must comply with existing fisheries laws.
28 April 2026 · Joy Online →