Hon. Mavis Hawa Koomson, Fisheries and Aquaculture Development Minister, together with the Fisheries Commission, has imposed a monthly ban on fishermen from going to sea, effective from Thursday, July 1 to July 30, 2021.
The ban is binding on artisanal fishing and inshore fleets, as well as industrial fleets.
The fishing operators were asked by the ministry to berth at all landing sites by midnight of June 30.
The minister on Wednesday, June 30, was seen holding a large wooden key going to a shoreline with some elders and people of Keta in the Volta Region to close the sea.
When she got to the banks of the shore, the minister pointed the key toward the sea, turned the key rightwards midair, and symbolically locked the sea.
Koomson did that three times amidst cheers from the elders and people.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Joseph Asare
