Ensuring Safety for Ghana’s Fishermen: The Role of GMES and Africa’s Marine Weather Service

Since 2014, associations and groups of artisanal fishermen have emphasized the critical need for timely and accurate marine weather and ocean state information to ensure the safety and efficiency of their fishing expeditions. This led to the development and implementation of a Regional Marine forecast service for artisanal fishermen in twelve (12) coastal West African countries, expanding to eighteen (18) countries under the second phase of the GMES and Africa Programme in 2022, including six (6) North African countries. In Ghana, the University of Ghana, together with its partner, the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet), implements this service, disseminating information to groups like the Canoes and Fishing Gears Owners Association of Ghana (CaFGOAG).