{"id":20994,"date":"2024-07-12T11:10:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T11:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=20994"},"modified":"2024-07-12T12:14:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T12:14:13","slug":"closed-fishing-season-fishers-at-james-town-blame-surge-in-thievery-on-sea-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=20994","title":{"rendered":"Closed Fishing Season: Fishers at James Town blame surge in thievery on sea closure"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fishermen at the Jamestown Landing Beach in Accra are bemoaning the increase in theft cases in the area.<\/strong><\/p>\n

They blame this development on idleness and hunger induced by the close fishing season.<\/p>\n

Speaking to 3news.com\u2019s Stanley Nii Blewu, they lamented that because they don\u2019t go to sea anymore, they are unable to generate income to make ends meet which renders them famished.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cThe closure of the sea has really disturbed us. Some fishermen have now turned to thieves and stealing from people. Just this dawn, cell phones belonging to five individuals have been stolen. If fishing is in season, the fishermen will not have an appetite for stealing,\u201d one of the fishermen said.<\/p>\n\n

Thirty-five year old Kojo Adjumako, fisherman and a father of nine children, confessed defying the order because of hunger.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cI secretly went fishing at dawn because I was hungry. I shouldn\u2019t have gone, but I could not bear hunger anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

A video obtained from the fishermen shows how industrial trawlers also over-harvest juvenile fish and later dump them into the ocean after they had died.<\/p>\n\n

The fishermen, have recommended stringent monitoring regime for industrial trawlers when the fishing season resumes.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, some fish processors have taken the opportunity of the close fishing season to increase the prices of their fish. They attribute this increment to the cost of the fish, oil, and fuelwood.<\/p>\n\n

A canoe owner and a financier of operations of some canoes at the Jamestown Landing Beach explained that she hoarded stock during the fishing season and now sells them at high prices.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is evident that prices of fish have soared. Previously, a carton of fish sold between 1,500 and 2000 cedis, but now the carton costs 2,500 Cedi,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n

The close fishing season will be observed by artisanal fishermen for a month, while industrial trawlers will observe it for two months.<\/p>\n

The post Closed Fishing Season: Fishers at James Town blame surge in thievery on sea closure<\/a> first appeared on 3News<\/a>.<\/p>

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