Dec 23 2014
Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) This picture shows a boy operating a 12-15 m motorized canoe. Beckoning him at the other side of the Lake is a fisherman. The extension officer who is the owner of the photo is on the seen boat on his way to disseminate extension services to a fishermen community across a …
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Nov 16 2014
Credit:Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) The insert here shows the frames of two cages. In fact these are only two samples of fourteen cages, belonging to a community group in the Asuogyaman District of Ghana. It was constructed for them for a pilot aquaculture project by an NGO. The size of the cage is 2.2m×2.2m×2m, and occupies a …
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Oct 22 2014
Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) One of the pictures shows fish farmers bringing the harvested fish from their cages using a local planked canoe of about 6-m in length. The cage farms (seen behind the canoes) are located in the Asuogyaman District of Ghana where aquaculture is relatively predominant. The second photo shows carrying harvested fish to be …
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Oct 07 2014
Credit:Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) The insert shows a fish farmer in a local canoe while feeding his caged fish in Lake Volta. The cages shown in the photo are located in Asuogyaman District of Ghana. As almost all cage activity in Ghana, Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) is the favorite species. This particular farm consists of 4 …
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Sep 17 2014
Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) In Ghana, Inland fishing vessels for artisanal fishing include dugout and planked canoes. Dugout canoes, as the name suggests are canoes dugged out, but from special timber logs. Planked canoes are manufactured by joining different wooden boards. The insert here shows the process of constructing a dugout canoe in a fishing community …
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Sep 17 2014
Credit:Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) The significance of aquaculture goes beyond food security, even into detergents manufacturing, a technology which most rural folks practice on a small scale. The insert shows the fish oils and other fats from degutted fishes from a fish farm in the Asuogyaman District of Ghana. The whitish substances are fats that have coagulated. …
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Sep 07 2014
Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) Aquaculture presents a promising sector in Ghana as more and more people develop interest in fish farming. However, the inadequate supply of fingerlings as the demand increases and the supply by the few hatcheries setups decrease, together with the relatively high prices of fingerlings as a result of high feed prices had …
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Sep 01 2014
Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) In Ghana, we believe that for aquaculture to stay with the people in a community, the various stakeholders and key players in the community need to be brought on board. The insert shows the opinion leader, who also doubles up as the leader of the community outreach fish farm delivering a speech …
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Aug 20 2014
Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) Aquaculture provides employment for nearly 2% of the Ghanaian population including women in ancillary activities after harvesting of cultured fish. The pictures are taken in the Asuogyaman District of Ghana. Fish carried out by a woman as shown in one of the photo is a part of a cage farm harvest and …
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Aug 11 2014
Credit: Patrick Appenteng (Ghana) In Ghana most harvested fish from aquaculture are usually processed and enjoyed by grilling; which usually go well with a local dish called “banku and hot pepper sauce”. This is however not the case with most fishes from the various inland and marine water bodies: Fishes from these sources are usually smoked …
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