Fishermen urged to use approved fishing nets

Ms Elizabeth Agbenyagah, Assembly Member for the Kotoso Electoral Area, a fishing community in the Kwahu East District, has called on fishermen along the Afram Lake to adhere to the rules and use approved nets.

She said the continuous usage of unapproved nets would not only deplete the existing fish stock, but destroy their entire livelihoods.

Ms Agbeyegah made the appeal when she addressed fishermen at Kotoso where some fishermen from the area were accused by their colleagues for using unapproved nets whiles fishing in the lake.

She was accompanied by three Assembly Members including Mr William Ahormaley of Pitiku Electoral Area, Mr Steven Hlorvor of Ahinase and Mr John Agbenyagah of Hlihadzi.

Some of the accused fishermen were using mosquito nets, two and a half inches net, and other unapproved methods for fishing.

Mr Hlorvor urged the fishermen to get acquainted with the Fisheries Act, saying the Act only approved the use of the three inches net for fishing in the lake and this would sustain the fishing industry of the area.