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compliance with conservation and management rules and to support cooperation between flag states.
The Catch Certificate must be signed by the fishing master of the vessel and endorsed by the Director of the Fisheries Commission or hisher designated representative. This signed catch
certificate must be supplied by the FBO to the CA with the bill of lading, as part of the documents provided to accompany the consignment. Only then, a Health Certificate can be
signed by the CA for the consignment to be exported.
Government finance and polices in the fisheries and aquaculture value chain of Ghana is poor Asiedu
et al.,
2015. However, in recent times 2014 the Government of Ghana has established a dedicated value chain and post-harvest unit within the Fisheries Commission of
the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development MoFAD.
4.6 Customs Excise and Preventive Service
The Customs Divisions belong to the Ghana Revenue Authority. They are responsible for collection of various taxes, particularly Import Duty, Import VAT, Export Duty, Import
Excise and other taxes. In turn, the taxes are used to finance the countrys budget and development projects in health, education, housing and transport sectors. This is achieved by
physically patrolling the borders Tema Port, Takoradi Borders and Kotoka Airport and other strategic points, examination of goods, and search of premises, as well as documents
relating to the goods.
As part of the process in trading fishery products, exporters or importers have to declare different details including quantity, fish species, vessel they are loaded to or unloaded from
through the single electronic online network GC-Net MDA of the Ghana Trade Net. The Users will be able to track their consignment. The GC-Net declaration is taking more and
more importance but has not reached its total capacity yet.
4.7 Driver Vehicle and Licensing Authority
The road transport industry is regulated by the Driver, Vehicle and Licensing Authority DVLA. It was established by Act 569 of 1999 to be responsible for ensuring safety on
Ghana’s roads. The functions of DVLA as spelt out in the Act are as follows :
Establish standards and methods for the training and testing of driving instructors and drivers of motor vehicles and riders of motor cycles.
Establish standards and methods for the training and testing of vehicle examiners Provide syllabi for driver training and the training of instructors
Issue of drivers licenses Register and license driving schools
License driving instructors Inspect, test and register motor vehicles
Issue vehicle registration certificates Issue vehicle examination.
Vehicle owners and drivers may belong to one of a number of trade associations, especially the umbrella Ghana Private Road Transport Union GPRTU.
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4.8 Other formal and informal institutions
