The Ga South Municipal Assembly has announced plans to deploy a taskforce to monitor fishing activities along its coastline in a bid to curb illegal and unconventional practices.
According to the Municipal Chief Executive, Moses Kabu Kubi Ocansey, the initiative forms part of broader efforts to regulate fishing while promoting proper sanitation along the municipality’s beaches.
Speaking to Citi News on Friday, March 6, he explained that around 30 young people have already undergone training and will soon be deployed to coastal communities within the municipality.
The taskforce will not only monitor fishing practices but also ensure residents and beach users maintain proper sanitation standards to prevent pollution along the coastline.
Meanwhile, the assembly has cleared a large heap of garbage that had accumulated at Kokrobite Beach, which had been polluting the ocean with plastics and other waste materials.
Explaining the broader plan behind the initiative, the MCE said the newly trained personnel would operate under the assembly’s city guard programme and undertake multiple responsibilities within the communities.
“We are moving all of them into what we call the city guards so that they can do multi-tasking. We are going to have a lot of them. We have recruited 30 young guys; most of them will be moving around the ocean, beaches, and communities to make sure that the beaches are not polluted and the communities dispose of their refuse properly,” he said.
