With the first rehabilitation of the Sekondi Harbour taking place in 2005 under the Kufuor - led NPP government, with its attendant boost to the
fishing industry, the President
stated that this current refurbishment, which cost some US$ 20 million, has equipped the harbour with a lay - by wharf, access road to boats, a
fish market shed, fuel dumps, an administration block, a
fresh water storage tank and a
state - of - the - art ice - making machine.
In 1988, the early days of Florida's escalating battle with alligators, Lt. Dick Lawrence, a wildlife officer for the
state Game and
Fresh Water Fish Commission, subdued an alligator near Palm Beach.