DAILY GUIDE<\/em><\/strong> visited Apewosika, one of the popular fishing communities near Axim, last Wednesday.<\/p>\nThis was after the paper gathered that the purported gradual depletion of fish stock in the coastal community, which has led to high cost of fish, was partly due to the usage of illegal fishing methods.<\/p>\n
The fishermen complained mostly about the use of monofilament fishing nets by some of their colleagues in their expeditions.<\/p>\n
They also accused the law enforcement agencies for not doing enough to stop the use of monofilament or rubber nets in the area.<\/p>\n
They indicated that even though the fishermen are aware that using unapproved nets is an illegal fishing method and the law frowns on it, they still use the unapproved nets.<\/p>\n
They have, therefore, appealed to the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD) to penalise recalcitrant fishermen who refuse to use approved fishing nets in their activities.<\/p>\n
Some were of the view that the fines which the recalcitrant fishermen are asked to pay after being arrested for using the illegal nets are not deterrent enough, and that the charges should be increased.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe that if those who engage in all forms of illegal fishing are punished severely when arrested, it will serve as a deterrent for other fishermen who engage in illegal fishing to desist from the act,\u201d the fishermen pointed out.<\/p>\n
Speaking to DAILY GUIDE<\/em><\/strong>, the chairman of the Canoe Owners Association in the area, Egya Nda Cobbinah, said all forms of illegal fishing required firm and stringent measures to curtail them.<\/p>\n\u201cSo I believe serious measures should be put in place to rescue the country\u2019s depleting fish stock,\u201d he emphasised.<\/p>\n
He revealed that according to information he gathered, the use of unapproved nets alone in fishing is costing Ghana more than US$30 million each year.<\/p>\n
\u201cNote that the amount is different from revenues lost to the use of unapproved chemicals and light-fishing among other illicit fishing methods,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a responsibility to manage our fisheries resources for the benefit of our people and those yet unborn, and to ensure food security for the entire nation,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n
He also encouraged strong institutional coordination and right policies to halt illegal fishing activities which would in the long run help to reduce coastal poverty.<\/p>\n
He indicated that even though the government\u2019s closed fishing season policy was laudable, the period of the closed season should be changed from July \u2013 August to May-June.<\/p>\n
According to him, fishermen all over the country have welcomed the initiative as part of measures to address the issue of dwindling fish stocks in the country.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
From Emmanuel Opoku, Axim<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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