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A Professor of Coastal Ecology and Interdisciplinary Oceans Studies, Prof. Denis Worlanyo Aheto has tasked the government as a matter of urgency to create a Blue Economy Authority instead of a ministry, to serve as a strong coordinating unit and provide technical capacities aimed at halting the pollution of the sea and other water bodies, including the destruction of marine life.
He observed that the blue economy holds solutions to employment, food security and enhanced socio-economic well-being if properly harnessed.
Prof Worlanyo Aheto expressed grave concern about the dire consequences Ghana’s ocean stands to suffer following the indiscriminate disposal of plastic waste into the ocean.
“The pollution of the ocean has an overwhelming bearing on staple food and the over two million Ghanaians whose livelihoods depend on it” he revealed.
Addressing the challenges, he called for structures to be put in place to help position the country to take advantage of the immense opportunities that would come with the Blue Economy.
He opined that the ocean’s health and productivity were declining at an alarming rate, and posed a threat to humanity.
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