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Ghana gets second yellow card, risks losing EU seafood export market
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The European Union has issued a second yellow card to Ghana, warning the West African country it stands to lose its access to the European seafood market unless it works more urgently to tackle the illegal fishing within its exclusive economic zone.
Ghana now has to demonstrate changes to its management practices or risk receiving a red card from the European Commission, which would result in seafood-related trade sanctions.
The E.U. is concerned that Ghana, with an estimated 448,200 metric tons of annual fishing production, has failed to tackle illegal fishing, according to a statement from European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs, and Fisheries Virginijus Sinkevičius said.