Environmental Justice Foundation Ghanaian Saiko An Ecological

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Environmental Justice Foundation - Synchronicity Earth ‘saiko’ is the word used by fishers to describe this illegal transfer of fish between boats (known as trans shipment at sea). it’s an industry that’s worth over us$50 million annually, and it’s pushing ghana’s marine ecosystems to the brink of total collapse. Saiko has been credited for supplying cheap fish to ghana’s poorest, and ensuring by catch from industrial trawlers is destined for human consumption, rather than discarded at sea.

Environmental Justice Foundation | Ghanaian Saiko: An Ecological…

Environmental Justice Foundation | Ghanaian Saiko: An Ecological… Stolen at sea provides an overview of the current scale and impact of saiko, based on extensive quantitative and qualitative fieldwork in ghana. this study estimates that approximately 100,000 metric tonnes of fish were landed through saiko in 2017. We do this by exploring how illegal transshipment at sea – a practice popularly known in ghana as saiko – has transformed over time given the relative difficulty in achieving a ‘zero' iuu at sea. Illegal ‘saiko’ fishing, where industrial trawlers illegally catch and sell fish meant for local communities, is pushing ghana’s marine ecosystems to the brink of collapse. The illegal practice of ‘saiko’ – where industrial trawlers sell fish to local canoes at sea – is undermining the livelihoods of ghana’s traditional fishermen © environmental justice foundation.

Environmental Justice Foundation | Ghanaian Saiko: An Ecological…

Environmental Justice Foundation | Ghanaian Saiko: An Ecological… Illegal ‘saiko’ fishing, where industrial trawlers illegally catch and sell fish meant for local communities, is pushing ghana’s marine ecosystems to the brink of collapse. The illegal practice of ‘saiko’ – where industrial trawlers sell fish to local canoes at sea – is undermining the livelihoods of ghana’s traditional fishermen © environmental justice foundation. But now, an illegal practice, known locally as saiko, is pushing ghana's fisheries to the brink. this is putting the food security and livelihoods of more than 2 million people at risk. Ghana: a fishing nation in crisis: ejf’s film highlights the destructive and illegal fishing practice in ghana known as saiko; saiko is driving the collapse of ghana’s inshore fishery, on which millions of ghanaians rely for food security and income. In the 2020 budget statement, the government announced that it would stop saiko as part of efforts to save the fishing industry, committing to banning all domestic and international vessels found to be engaging in saiko from operating in ghanaian waters. In response to this, a local ghanaian non governmental organization, hen mpoano, have attempted to advocate for the importance of eradicating saiko practices in order to ensure the sustainability of the ghanaian fisheries sector and formed a transnational network with the environmental justice foundation (ejf) as an international non.

Environmental Justice Foundation | Ghanaian Saiko: An Ecological…

Environmental Justice Foundation | Ghanaian Saiko: An Ecological… But now, an illegal practice, known locally as saiko, is pushing ghana's fisheries to the brink. this is putting the food security and livelihoods of more than 2 million people at risk. Ghana: a fishing nation in crisis: ejf’s film highlights the destructive and illegal fishing practice in ghana known as saiko; saiko is driving the collapse of ghana’s inshore fishery, on which millions of ghanaians rely for food security and income. In the 2020 budget statement, the government announced that it would stop saiko as part of efforts to save the fishing industry, committing to banning all domestic and international vessels found to be engaging in saiko from operating in ghanaian waters. In response to this, a local ghanaian non governmental organization, hen mpoano, have attempted to advocate for the importance of eradicating saiko practices in order to ensure the sustainability of the ghanaian fisheries sector and formed a transnational network with the environmental justice foundation (ejf) as an international non.

Environmental Justice Foundation | Ghanaian Saiko: An Ecological…

Environmental Justice Foundation | Ghanaian Saiko: An Ecological… In the 2020 budget statement, the government announced that it would stop saiko as part of efforts to save the fishing industry, committing to banning all domestic and international vessels found to be engaging in saiko from operating in ghanaian waters. In response to this, a local ghanaian non governmental organization, hen mpoano, have attempted to advocate for the importance of eradicating saiko practices in order to ensure the sustainability of the ghanaian fisheries sector and formed a transnational network with the environmental justice foundation (ejf) as an international non.

Environmental Justice Foundation | Ghanaian Saiko: An Ecological…

Environmental Justice Foundation | Ghanaian Saiko: An Ecological…

Shining a Light: EJF's Investigation into the Devastating Impacts of Illegal Saiko Fishing in Ghana