Table 1. Overview of the closed season in Ghana

Period of the closed season	Prohibition
November 1 to November 30, 2016	Ban on fishing for industrial vessels
February 1 to March 31, 2017	Ban on fishing for industrial vessels
January 1 to February 28, 2018	Ban on fishing for industrial vessels
May 15 to June 15, 2019	Ban on fishing for artisanal canoes & semi-industrial (inshore) vessels
July 1 to August 31, 2019	Ban on fishing for Industrial Traw Fleet
January 2020 to December, 2020	No fishing bans1)
July 1 to July 31, 2021	Ban on fishing for artisanal canoes & semi-industrial (inshore) vessels
July 1 to August 31, 2021	Ban on Industrial Trawl Fleet
July 1 to July 31, 2022	Ban on fishing for artisanal canoes & Semi-Industrial (inshore) Fleet
July 1 to August 31, 2022	Ban for Industrial Trawl Fleet
July 1 to July 31, 2023	Ban on fishing for artisanal canoes & Semi-industrial (inshore) fleet
July 1 to August 31, 2023	Ban on Industrial Trawl Fleet

In 2020, because of the effects of the Covid 19, fishing and its related activities were classified as essential for food and nutrition security amidst the challenges, and thus, there was no closed season for all fleets with the exception of the tuna fleet MoFAD (2022).
Data from MoFAD (2022); CITI NEWS (2019).