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Ghana steps up fight against IUU fishing practices

Ghana steps up fight against IUU fishing practices

Ghanaian authorities have stepped up their efforts to crack down on ‘saiko’, an illegal practice that has contributed to the collapse of Ghana’s inshore fish stocks. Saiko describes the sale of fish from industrial trawlers to local canoes at sea. On 8 August, Ghana's Fisheries Enforcement Unit intercepted an alleged
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