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| Ghana Industrial purse seine tuna fishery |
| | Data Ownership | | This document provided, maintained and owned by Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC) , is part of CECAF-FCWC Fisheries Reports data collection. |
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more>> <<less Overview: Purse-seine vessels are large, steal-hulled foreign-built and they fish either by spotting free-swimming schools of tuna or by utilizing floating objects that attract fish, either with natural or man-made objects, such as fish aggregating devices (FADs). The fleet has freezing facilities for preserving fish at sea and can do on the average monthly trips. The vessels catch mainly yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and bigeye tuna.
| Location of Ghana Industrial purse seine tuna fishery
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Geographic reference: Ghana
Spatial Scale: National
Reference year: 2020
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Fishing Activity Type of production system: Industrial Fishery Area Climatic zone: Tropical. Depth zone: Coastal (0 m - 50 m); Shelf (50 m - 200 m). Horizontal distribution: Neritic; Oceanic. Vertical distribution: Pelagic. Surface fleet. Depth beyond 30 meters. Geo References for: Ghana 
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| Exclusive Economic Zone Areas (EEZ) | GHA - Ghana |
More Geo References The following area codes have been found as intersecting the location of Ghana Industrial purse seine tuna fisheryTarget Species Adult & Juvenile Vessel Type Vessel length: 65 - 70 meters. Catch Handling and Processing Equipment Brine, Freezer Flag State  Ghana Protected Species (Bycatch) Turtles and marine mammals Ports Ports of Tema, Takoradi Fisherfolks Community Ghana, China and Korea nationals List of fishery Indicators Fishery Indicators | Type | Measure | Value | Unit | Time period |
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| Nominal Effort | Number of vessels | 15 | vessels | 2020 | | Employment | Number of fishermen | 300 | Persons | 2020 | | Production | Catch | 77136 | tonnes | 2019 |
Post Harvest Fish Utilisation Canned, fresh, salted, smoked Markets European Union, Ghana, United States of America Management Management unit: Yes Jurisdictional framework Management Body/Authority(ies): Ministry of Fisheries and Aquacultre Development (MOFAD) Mandate: Management. Area under national jurisdiction: Ghana Maritime Area: Exclusive Economic Zone Areas (EEZ); High seas. Management Regime Management Methods Compliance measure, moratorium, Area restrictions with focus on Spawner/Juvenile protection, Environmental protection - Binding Fisheries Laws and regulations on fishing operations such as licensing, registration, mesh sizes, etc. in place; endorcement not very strong. More information on fisheries legislation at: FAOLEX legislative database Source of Information Information provided by the FCWC Secretariat (FCWC Regional Database) and the Ghana Ministry of Fisheries and Aquacultre Development (MOFAD). April 2021. FAO. 2021. Report of the Fisheries and Resources Monitoring System (FIRMS) and Fishery Statistics Capacity Development Data Workshop. Virtual Workshop, 26–30 October 2020. Rome.  http://www.fao.org/3/cb3723en/cb3723en.pdfBibliography Secretariats Report To The ICCAT Conservation and Management Compliance Committee. Doc. No. COC_303 / 2020 https://www.iccat.int/com2020/ENG/COC_303_ENG.pdf |
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