In the media
Research on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in West Africa in the news

On 18 January, Wisdom Akpalu, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow based in Ghana, co-chaired a seminar organised by the University of Ghana’s Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies (IESS) on illicit trade in marine resources of West Africa.

In the seminar Wisdom shared research findings on illicit trade in marine resources and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, focusing on Ghana and West Africa. Following the event, the research findings made headlines on Ghanaian news sites.