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Ghana: Gun toting illegal miners threatening fisher folks on Black Volta– Inland Fishermen President reveals

Ghana: Gun toting illegal miners threatening fisher folks on Black Volta– Inland Fishermen President reveals

Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Ghanaian Times
Published on 2024-09-26 09:39:43

The President of the National Inland Canoe Fishermen Council, Jacob Kabori Tetteh Ageke, has revealed that the inland fisheries sector is being threatened by illegal mining activities, warning of imminent fish stock decline.

According to him, fisher folks on the Black Volta in the Savannah region were being chased away by illegal miners to allow them to mine in the water body.

Speaking on the sidelines of a stakeholder meeting in Kumasi on reviewing the new Fisheries Act, Mr…

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