Winneba (Central Region) 8 April '99

About 18 canoes and three fishing nets, worth more than 100 million cedis, were on Wednesday destroyed by a windstorm at the Winneba landing beach. This is the second time this year that fishermen in Winneba have suffered such a misfortune. On January seven, a strong wind caused considerable damage to a number of canoes and other fishing gear at the beach. The chief fisherman of Winneba, Nenyi Kwaku Mbir and Mr Ato Bondzi, secretary to the Winneba Canoe Fisherman Co- operative Society have appealed to the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) for assistance. They also appealed to the government to expedite action on the construction of a break water at the beach to prevent future occurrences. Mr Ato Bondzi called on the Meteorological Department to detail staff to advise fishermen about the weather on daily basis.