Ghana's Aquaculture To Grow
GHANA - Ghana's aquaculture potential is expected to see an increased growth in the next decade, although climate change is expected to bite hard on food production...

Fish Farming in Malawi's Dustbowl
MALAWI - This seems an unlikely place to go fishing for your dinner: the dusty scrublands of Zomba West have been brittle dry since April, when the rainy season...

Ghana Pond Feed Trial Comes to Conclusions
GHANA - The Ghana Ministry of Fisheries has successfully concluded a 10-month pond feeding trials with all-male tilapia at the Aquaculture Adaptive Trials Centre...

Ghana's Marine Yields Take a Dive
GHANA - Records at the Ministry of Fisheries show about 50 per cent drop in the quantity of fish obtained from marine fishing.

New Fisheries Body Brings New Hope to Ghana
GHANA - A 10-member Fisheries Commission that promises to modernise Ghana's fishing industry has been inaugurated. The Commission has Joseph Adumua-Bossman, an...

Ghanan Fish Imports Drop
GHANA - Fish imports into Ghana this year is expected to drop considerably because of rising fuel costs.

Minister Calls for More Aquaculture Ventures
GHANA - Ghana's Minister for Fisheries has called for more people to go into aquaculture in a bid to reduce fish imports into the country.

Fisheries Ministry Urged to Boost Aquaculture
GHANA - The Ministry of Fisheries has been urged to consider the Afram Plains in its plans to develop aquaculture in the country.

U.S.$40 Million Loan for Ghana Fish Farming Project
GHANA - Mrs. Gladys Asmah, Minister for Fisheries has announced that the Ministry of Fisheries is to contract a 40 million US dollar loan from Chinese Government...

Ghana's Youth Urged to Adopt Aquaculture
GHANA - According to joy Online, Nana Owusu Tenase, Saamanhene of Assin Atandasu Traditional area, has called on the youth to consider current shortage of fish supply...

AGA Invests $.5m In Aquaculture
GHANA - ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI (AGA), the largest Gold mining company in the Ghana, has invested $550,000 in an ultra-modern aquaculture project at Humasi, a small farming...

New Fisheries regulations before parliament soon
GHANA - New Fisheries Regulations, which are aimed at enhancing the effective implementation of the Fisheries Act 625 of 2002 will soon be put before Parliament...

Fish farmers urged to refrain from unhelpful practices
GHANA - The District Chief Executive Officer of the Damgbe West District Assembly Mr. Michael Teye-adjowera Nortey has urged fish farmers in the district to work...

Ministry of Fisheries assists fish farmers in Wassa West District
GHANA - Gladys Asmah, Minister of Fisheries presented a back-hoe excavator and compactor, worth more than GH¢160,000 (1.6 billion cedis) to members of Wassa West...

Ministry to provide refrigeration at fish landing sites
GHANA - Government has committed seven million euros from funds allocated from the Second Spanish Protocol towards the construction of six cold stores and refrigeration...

Micro credit support for fish farmers
GHANA - The Minister for Fisheries, Mrs Gladys Asmah, has reiterated government's commitment to helping fish farmers to boost aquaculture production.

Government keen on meeting national fish production target
CHANA - Government has initiated programmes to meet national target on fish production, said Mr Khalid Syalih, Brong-Ahafo Regional Director of Fisheries.

Liberian refugees receive training in aquaculture
GHANA - Fifty Liberians refugees have been trained in aquaculture to enable them to engage in fish farming as a source of income when they return home.

Govt invests in fish farming
GHANA - In recent years Ghana's Ministry of Fisheries has disbursed about ¢30 billion to industry in the form of outboard motors and micro credits to the nation's...

AngloGold Ashanti commissions aquaculture project
GHANA - An aquaculture project comprising a suite of fish growth schemes integrated with livestock rearing, a year-round leafy vegetable farming and ecotourism has...

Ministry of Fisheries to assist fish farmers
GHANA - The Ministry of Fisheries is determined to assist individuals and groups to go into large scale fish farming in view of the depleting marine fish catche...

Ghana identified as a good ground for aquaculture business
GHANA - Mrs. Gladys Asmah, Minister for Fisheries on Tuesday called on Ghanaians entrepreneurs to position themselves to partner foreign investors in the aquaculture...

Ghana banks urged to support aquaculture
GHANA - Mrs Gladys Asmah, Minister of Fisheries, on Wednesday appealed to financial institutions to set up an Aquaculture Development Fund to assist entrepreneurs...