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| Ghana Industrial pole and line tuna fishery |
 | Bait boat (Hook and Line) |
| | 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: Also known as Tuna Pole and Line fishery. Steal-hulled vessels with size ranging from 40 to over 90m. Operators begin with fishing for live bait, usually anchovies, with purse seine nets at bait grounds (below the 30m depth). Bait is stored in bait wells, after which the boat moves to tuna fishing grounds farther and beyond the 30m in the neritic or oceanic zone to fish. Vessels may return to baiting grounds when bait wells are empty. Tuna is preserved by freezing on-board. Trip duration averagely three months. Main species exploited in this fishery are: yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna, and bigeye tuna.
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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 pole and line tuna fisheryTarget Species Adult & Juvenile Vessel Type Vessel length: 60 - 65 meters. Catch Handling and Processing Equipment Brine, Freezer Flag State  Ghana Protected Species (Bycatch) Turtles and marine mammals Ports Ports of Tema, Takoradi, Sekondi Trip Duration 1 - 3 months 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 | 14 | vessels | 2020 | | Employment | Number of fishermen | 1040 | Persons | 2020 | | Production | Catch | 13172 | 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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