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Company News of Thursday, July 25, 2019
Source: Jerry John Rawlings Office
2019-07-25
Former President Jerry John Rawlings
Former President Jerry John Rawlings commended the government for imposing a fishing ban on industrial trawlers for two months in Ghana's coastal borders. The former president, who was reacting to a statement from the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture confirming Tuesday's ban, said that in addition to enforcing the ban to protect the country's marine resources, the government should investigate the excessive proliferation of industrial trawlers in recent years. which led to the depletion of fish in our waters and almost kneeled the local artisbad fishing industry.
Lieutenant Rawlings said that many fraudulent activities had occurred recently in the fishing industry and that it was important that these activities be the subject of in-depth investigations as they led to the proliferation trawlers in our coastal waters.
The past president said it was important that the fishing industry be healthy in spirit and that efforts be made to apply best practices in harvesting our fisheries resources.
"It is commendable that fish catches have improved this year, according to the minister. The government should work in partnership with all stakeholders so that they understand the importance of instituting annual fishing bans and the need to limit the number of industrial trawlers operating our waters, "he said. the former president.
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