Community Child Protection Committees: Educating, Preventing, and Rescuing Across Ghana’s Coast
Child labour and trafficking (CLaT) remain among the most serious and persistent challenges facing Ghana’s fisheries sector. Along the coast and on Lake Volta, children are engaged in hazardous fishing activities. These practices rob children of their childhoods, their education, and in many cases their safety. GFRA, working in partnership with Metropolitan, Municipal, and District […]
Circles of Support: Safe Spaces for Women and Young People Across Ghana’s Coast
In May 2026, GFRA conducted an extensive operational review of selected Circles of Support groups to assess their operational health, community engagement, and overall effectiveness. Across Ghana’s coastline, in fishing communities where the pressures of poverty, irregular incomes, and social marginalisation converge, GFRA has established CoS groups, structured, community-based safe spaces where women and young […]
PRESS RELEASE: GFRA LBG and Partners Convene National Workshop to Strengthen Fisher and Fish Worker Participation in Ghana’s Fisheries Reforms
GFRA LBG and Partners Convene National Workshop to Strengthen Fisher and Fish Worker Participation in Ghana’s Fisheries Reforms The one-day inclusive governance workshop brings together artisanal fishing associations, fish worker groups, labour unions, civil society, and government actors to advance decent work, fisher and fish worker representation, and stakeholder collaboration to promote sustainable small-scale fisheries. […]
Women Supporting Women: A Landmark Dialogue on Inclusion and Opportunity in Ghana’s Fisheries Sector
Women Supporting Women: A Landmark Dialogue on Inclusion and Opportunity in Ghana’s Fisheries Sector On 22 May 2026, GFRA joined the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture (MoFA) and the Fisheries Commission (FC) in the fishing community of Shama in Ghana’s Western Region for a powerful and long-overdue conversation about the women who sustain Ghana’s fisheries […]
GFRA LBG Strengthening Village Savings and Loan Associations Across Ghana’s Coast
GFRA LBG Strengthening Village Savings and Loan Associations Across Ghana’s Coast As part of its commitment to sustainability and resilient fisheries livelihoods, Global Fisheries and Resilience Action (GFRA LBG) is actively strengthening the Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) established under the USAID Ghana Fisheries Recovery Activity. This initiative successfully formed nearly 100 VSLAs […]
IEZET Project Official Launch Signals a New Era for Fisheries Governance
The IEZ Enforcement and Transparency Policies Implementation (IEZET) project was officially launched on 23 April 2026 at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra, in a ceremony that drew together fisheries government ministries, enforcement agencies, fishing industry leaders, civil society organizations, and coastal community representatives. The launch marked the formal commencement of a three-year […]
PRESS RELEASE – IEZET Project Official Launch and Stakeholder Workshop
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ghana Launches IEZ Enforcement and Transparency Project to Strengthen Fisheries Governance Under New Fisheries Act A consortium led by GFRA, in collaboration with EJF and Hen Mpoano, will convene national stakeholders at La Palm Royal Beach Hotel to mark the formal commencement of the IEZET project to support implementation of […]
Ghana’s First Marine Protected Area Marks the Beginning of Its Blue Future
Ghana’s First Marine Protected Area Marks the Beginning of Its Blue Future The declaration of the Greater Cape Three Points area as Ghana’s first-ever Marine Protected Area is the culmination of twenty years of effort, opening a new chapter of a much longer story of ocean stewardship. On Tuesday, 14 April 2026, Ghana made history […]