News

  • CCM Launches Ghana's Information Management System on Aquatic and Coastal Resources
    AcademicsNov, 24 2017

    The Centre for Coastal Management (CCM) under the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences of the University of Cape Coast has launched an online database project called Fisheries and Coastal Management Database of Ghana (FishCoM Ghana(link is external)) in Accra.

    The primary goal of FishCoM Ghana(link is external), which is Supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is to offer an efficient and easy access to data (both published and unpublished) to aid the management of Ghana's fisheries and coastal resources.

  • Call for short-term technical facilitation services under the USAID/UCC Fisheries and Coastal Management Capacity Building Support Project
    PublicationNov, 16 2017

    In support of the Government of Ghana’s (GoG) initiatives on food security, the United States Government (USG) through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is supporting a five-year capacity building program for fisheries and coastal management in Ghana. The project contributes to GoG’s overall grand fisheries and coastal development objectives and USAID’s Feed the Future (FtF) Initiative, the USG led global hunger and food security project designed to enhance economic growth in beneficiary countries.

  • USAID/UCC Fisheries Project Retreat at Prampram to Plan Year 4 Activities
    AcademicsJul, 31 2017
    A three-day work planning workshop was held by the USAID/UCC Fisheries and Coastal Management Capacity Building Support Project last week, from 25 to 27 July 2017, to set project activities for the fourth year of its implementation as well as map out strategies for their execution.
  • JHS Wetlands Monitoring Clubs Learn to Use Water Quality Instruments
    AcademicsJun, 27 2017

    CCM together with the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences on 24 th June, 2017 joined the Hen-Mpoano, an implementing partner on the Wetlands Ecological Health Monitoring Project activity on a field trip to Azulewanu and Ampain near Essiama in the Western Region.

  • Training of Coastal Planners on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Coastal Areas of Ghana
    AcademicsJun, 27 2017

    The short course on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Coastal Areas of Ghana is one of four courses organized by CCM at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) as part of tthe USAID/UCC Fisheries and Coastal Management Capacity Building Support Project's commitment to operationalise the Centre. The 5-day workshop admitted sixteen (16) participants this year. All participants were drawn from municipal/district assemblies in the Volta region of Ghana.