| In Ghana, fishing is the most important direct and indirect employment generating activity in the entire coastal zone of length of about 528 km. It has been estimated that the fishery sub-sector supports about 1.5million people, and fish and fish products contributed 21% (US $56 million) to the nations non-traditional export earnings in 1997(FAO, 1998). With the persistent decline in the price of cocoa and gold which are Ghana’s traditional export commodities and the resultant adverse effect on foreign exchange earnings, government policy aims at increasing the production of non traditional export commodities, including fish, to meet the growing domestic demand and export..... |
