Fishermen Called on the Involvement of Women to Ensure Safety at Sea
The call was made by the Greater Accra regional branch of the Canoe and Gear Owners Association of Ghana during the Safety at Sea campaign organised by the Marine and Coastal Areas Management in North and West Africa’s consortium (MarCNoWA). Group picture with the leadership of the regional branch of Canoe and Fishing Gear Owners Association of Ghana, Greater Accra The ocean state forecast service provided to beneficiary countries is one of the flagship services of the MarCNoWA consortium under the GMES and Africa Project Phase II. The service provides information and ocean state maps to protect lives and property at sea from bad weather. In Ghana, information on the ocean state has been accessed more than 100 000 times via the short code *920*88# since its inception in phase I of the project. The shortcode was developed by the University of Ghana which is the lead of the consortium. At the palace of the Chief fisherman of the Moree fishing town in the Central region of Ghana To e