Artisanal fishers can resume their fishing expeditions on the sea following the lifting of the ban on fishing during the month of July.
Industrial trawlers are, however, expected to continue to observe the close season until the end of this month.
The Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Mrs Mavis Hawa Koomson, who turned a symbolic key to the sea to declare it open to artisanal fishing at the Albert Bosomtwi-Sam Fishing Harbour in Sekondi over the weekend, urged the fishing community to resolve to stop all forms of illegal fishing practices.
