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| | Closed season will worsen our plight – Fisherfolk lament The fishing communities along Ghana’s coast say the impending closed season when implemented will worsen the prevailing economic hardship they are dealing with. Speaking to Joshua Kodjo Mensah on Starr Today, the President of Canoe Owners Association, Nana Kweigyah called on the government to turn a listening ear to the fishing communities.
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| | Support us with soft loans to expand our businesses – Fishmongers to government Fishmongers in Central Region have appealed to the Government through the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture, to provide them with some soft loan facility to expand their businesses. According to the women, most of them were often left out of various interventions from government to other professionals leaving them with no option other than to go for private loans from banks. | | |
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| | China's PLA Navy Appoints its First Female Commanding Officer In time for the PLA Navy's 73rd anniversary, state media announced that Wei Huixiao has been named the CO of the Shaoxing, a brand new Type 052D class destroyer. It is the first time that a woman will take command on the front lines of China's assertive maritime policy. | | |
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| | Survivors Accuse Lebanese Navy of Ramming Migrant Vessel Survivors from a sunken migrant boat have accused the Lebanese Navy of ramming their vessel while they were trying to escape the country, resulting in an unknown number of fatalities. | | |
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| | On Earth Day, Activists Call for Faster Action on Shipping Emissions Activists in three West Coast cities took to the streets on Earth Day to ask shipping to accelerate its plans for climate action - not by pressuring shipowners, but by appealing to their customers. | | |
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| | South Africa signs Jeddah Amendment to combat illicit maritime activity South Africa has become the 17th signatory* to the Jeddah Amendment to the Djibouti Code of Conduct (DCoC). The Jeddah Amendment was adopted in 2017 to broaden the scope of the DcoC, which was developed and adopted in 2009 by countries in the Western Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden as an important tool to combat piracy and armed robbery against ships in the region. | | |
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| | 100th ratification of Maritime Labour Convention welcomed IMO has welcomed the 100th ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO)'s Maritime Labour Convention (MLC), 2006, which is the global instrument mandating seafarers' employment rights and decent working conditions. Oman deposited its instrument of ratification with the ILO on 11 April 2022. | | |
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| | Piracy Plummets in Gulf of Guinea The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB)'s quarterly piracy and armed robbery report shows a nearly flat top-line number for maritime piracy incidents, with 37 recorded in the first three months of 2022 compared to 38 incidents over the same period last year. However, nearly half (41 percent) occurred in Southeast Asian waters, particularly in the Singapore Straits. | | |
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Sunken Dive Vessel Spills Diesel into Galapagos' Academy Bay The recreational diving boat Albatros went down in Academy Bay on Saturday. No passengers were on board, and all four crewmembers were safely rescued, but the sinking left a light sheen on the water in parts of the bay. The boat had an estimated 2,000 gallons of diesel on board. | | |
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FINAL CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS! The Gulf of Guinea Maritime Institute is releasing its final call for volunteers for this year. Volunteers would be accepted on a rolling basis. However, selected applicants from the initial call and final call would be reached out to on 6th of May, 2022. | | |
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ECOP VIRTUAL TRAINING PROGRAMME DAY 2: Presentation of Ocean Sustainability delivered by Naval Lieutenant Commander Duodu of the Ghana Navy. The Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOP) Virtual Training Programme, titled Exploring Pathways to a Vibrant Ocean Economy for Africa, included a series of lectures and interactions aimed at equipping selected participants with first-hand knowledge about the blue economy. It further explored approaches to harnessing the ocean and its resources as an integral tool for advancing economic growth and development across the continent, through the development of a sustainable and equitable ocean economy. This programme was designed for ECOPs with varying backgrounds in the fields of ocean governance, maritime security, marine environmental protection, law of the sea and other maritime-related areas. Individuals with an undergraduate or master’s degree in economics, international relations, marine conservation, maritime security or any other relevant field, with a general passion for the ocean or an interest in advancing Africa’s blue economy were also encouraged to apply.
This training was offered in partnership with the ECOP Programme, an endorsed Action of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, and was funded through the generous support of the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation and the IOC-UNESCO. As such, the course was freely available to all selected applicants.
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