In: Aquaculture ISBN: 978-1-63485-563-
Editor: Joanne G. Buchanan © 2016 Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Chapter 1
MANAGEMENT, CHALLENGES
AND DEVELOPMENTS OF AQUACULTURE
IN GHANA, WEST AFRICA
Berchie Asiedu1,, Amos Asase^1 , Seidu Iddrisu^1
and Christian Larbi Ayisi^2
(^1) Department of Fisheries and Water Resources,
School of Natural Resources, University of Energy
and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana
(^2) Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fishery Germplasm Resources,
Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, P. R. China
ABSTRACT
Food insecurity and malnutrition continue to pose a challenge in
Ghana. New ways of increasing availability, affordability and
consumption of protein and to improve alternative sources of livelihood
are being exploited in Ghana that has the climate, water bodies and other
resources suitable for aquaculture production. Aquaculture is currently
practiced throughout the country, with over 60% of farms in the southern
and central belts according to Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Development (MoFAD) data. The fish farming sub-sector in Ghana
conventionally uses land-based production systems since its start in the Corresponding author email: [email protected].