Ghana''s Minister for Fisheries, Gladys Asmah, has said that from the middle of this year, Ghana will harvest and process tuna in large quantities for export to European markets under the Phenegan Project.
The Phenegan Project is a private Partnership Programme between Ghanaian offshore canoe operators and Dutch and Philippians vessel operators to harvest tuna from Ghana to be processed by fishing companies in the country before exporting to the European markets.
Mrs Asmah recently said the Dutch government had given a grant of €1million for the start of the project.
She said the current practice of exporting most of the country's fresh tuna would change with the start of the project as it aimed at adding value to the fish.
The project will also facilitate an increase over the country's 50,000 tonnes of canned tuna and 70,000 metric tonnes fish in its raw state exported last year.
