Ghanaian fishermen oppose fishing ban

Fishing communities in Ghana say they strongly oppose the government's decision to impose a one-month ban on all fishing activities.

Ghana's Minister of Fisheries, Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, said the ban would start on 7th August and would cover all activity inland as well as in the Atlantic Ocean, with the exception of tuna fishing.

She said this would allow fish stocks to increase.

The head of a fishing association in the capital, Accra, complained that there had been no consultation and said the ban would have an economic impact on all fishing communities.