Negotiations between Ghana and the European Union to firm up the lifting of a ban, preventing the country from exporting fish to the EU market is currently ongoing in Brussels, Belgium.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”T8t0zNA7p5j6O1SyeGqpRoMLEvCrnPeD”]The world’s largest importer of fisheries products, the EU placed the ban on Ghana over \u00a0concerns of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing (IUU) in Ghana\u2019s waters.<\/p>\n
The EU in October 2015 lifted the ban, after the EU expressed satisfaction with reforms implemented by government to address the problem of illegal unregulated fishing.<\/p>\n
According to the Head of the European Union in Ghana Ambassador William Hanna ,\u201dAfter a lot of dialogue with the government a lot of reforms have been implemented to address the problem of illegal unregulated fishing which was depleting the stocks to the point that they will disappear\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Minister of fisheries and Aquaculture Development Sherry Ayittey is currently in Brussels to meet the EU Fisheries Commission.<\/p>\n
\u201cReforms have been put in place and we\u2019ve (EU) has been able to come to an agreement with Ghana and lift the threat of any ban on exports\u201d, he stated.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile the EU has confirmed it has banned 5 types of vegetable exports from Ghana from getting into their markets because of poor standards.<\/p>\n
According to the Ambassador William Hanna, stronger collaboration between all parties would help address the issue.<\/p>\n
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By:\u00a0 Rabiu Alhassan\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n
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