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Aquaculture was selected for the western region because many people already had expertise in the fishing industry and there is plentiful water. The program is supported by UKAID, the UK aid agency that supports small and medium-sized civil society organizations abroad. Barbara Joelley Wahi is the Livelihood Support Manager for the Western Region Coastal Foundation (WRCF).
“With the oil find, every youth wanted to be employed in the oil and gas [industry]. But they realized that they did not have the skills nor the capacity to do that. So what can they do? And that is where WRCF comes in. That is what our project is all about. We are giving people alternatives,” she told DW. How profitable is catfish farming in Ghana?
The catfish arrived at just the right time. Marine fishing is declining by 12 percent annually in the area, according to Ghana’s Fishery Commission. Alex Sabbah heads the fishery commission in the western region. He told DW that the population is growing and food for wild fish is on the decline. The government needs to assure good nutritional food sources too because Ghana is now importing more fish than it is able to fish itself. In 2016, the country imported 60 percent of its fish at a cost of 136 million dollars (around 117 million euros) because of reductions in the fishing stock. https://www.floatingfeedmachine.com