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Ghana fishing ban from May through June is meant to tackle depleting fish stocks but how will it impact fishing communities?

File Photo: Fishermen work together to haul in a net in the fishing community of Chorkor in Accra, Ghana. December 11, 2008

Ghana's government has banned fishing from May through June to build up the country's falling stocks of fishmall-scale fishermen say the solution is hurting business and failing to tackle the real problem. It means an estimated 14,000 canoes are left stranded on the sand.But some experts believe August would have been a better time for fishing to be stopped because that's when fish begin to spawn.

 

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