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The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD) and the Fisheries Commission (FC) will distribute over seventeen thousand (17000) bags of fish feed to beneficiaries of Aquaculture for Food and Jobs (AFJ) program in all the sixteen regions of Ghana.
Starting from this week the Hon. Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Mrs. Mavis Hawa Koomson has visited the Eastern Region to interact with Aquaculture farmers on possible solutions to the development of the sector. She will also use the opportunity to distribute fish feed to the beneficiaries of the AJF Programme.[ads2]
Areas visited in the Eastern region are Pumpunye Nungua youth Farms, Akateng LBC Upper in Manya Krobo District, she will also visit the Atimpoku LBC,Tropo Farms 1-Npakadan, Asikuma West Africa Fish Farm and Tropo Farms 2- Akuse all in the Asougyamang District.
Hon. Mavis Hawa Koomson speaking to some aquaculture operators at Akateng in the Eastern Region, said aquaculture is a fast-growing sub-sector, with the potential to progressively contribute to bridging the gap between domestic fish demand and supply.[ads3]
According to her, aquaculture production in Ghana is characterized by three main production systems namely ponds, cages and tanks. Each system requires different degree of investments, management.
Tilapia and catfish are the dominant species in aquaculture production. Aquaculture operators are organized into small-scale (less than 50metri tons per year), medium scale (50 – 100metric tons per year) and large scale (above 100metric tons per year), with the small scale dominating in terms of numbers.[ads5]
