GIMPA professor Wisdom Akpalu chairs new Fisheries Commission Board
The Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture, Emelia Arthur, inaugurated a ten-member governing board of Ghana’s Fisheries Commission chaired by Prof. Wisdom Akpalu of GIMPA, an environment and natural resource economist. The board has a four-year mandate to oversee the strategic direction and governance of the sector; the Minister called for a sustainable, well-governed and resilient fisheries sector.
GIMPA Consulting contributes to Ghana fisheries legal and co-management reviews
In a consortium with Poseidon and Innovative Services, GIMPA Consulting produced a Community Based Management report (2014) and a Legal Framework Review (2015) for the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development under the World Bank-funded West Africa Regional Fisheries Project. Both are cited in Ghana’s Policy Framework on Fisheries Co-Management (2019), which lists GIMPA among academic institutions consulted.
