Government of Ghana has set 15th May, 2019 to 15th June, 2019 as a period in which Canoe and Inshore fishermen are prohibited from trawling on the country’s coast for fish. Under the agreed Closed Season Policy, Industrial Trawlers are expected to observe their ban from 1st August, 2019 to September 30th 2019 and, the Tuna Fleets are expected to observe the ban from 1st January, 2020 to 28th February, 2020.