On Wednesday 2 June, the European Commission announced that it had issued a warning (so-called yellow card) to the Republic of Ghana for its lax approach to the fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
According to Virginijus Sinkevičius, the European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Ghana plays an important role in fisheries governance in West Africa. “We, therefore, want to work with Ghana to address the threats that IUU fishing...