Ever since oil exploration started in Ghana on the Jubilee Fields at Cape Three Points of the Western Region, fishermen have been banned from fishing close to the oil rigs.
This is because Tullow-Ghana Oil and its partners have earmarked a radius of 500 km from the oilrigs as a restricted enclave for fishing activities.
In this report, Eugene Osei-Tutu with WADR partner station Focus FM in the Ashanti region of Ghana accesses the Impact of offshore gas mining on the livelihood of fishing communities