{"id":10889,"date":"2014-05-17T01:04:51","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T23:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=10889"},"modified":"2014-09-25T17:30:45","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T15:30:45","slug":"taboo-days-and-conservation-of-fishery-stocks-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=10889","title":{"rendered":"Taboo days and conservation of fishery stocks in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b style=\"font-size: 12px;\">Credit:<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"> Patrick Appenteng\u00a0(Ghana)<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In most part of Africa including Ghana, taboo days were set aside by ancestors during which natives including fishermen do not work. These traditional off-days had been utilized as a means of conservation of our natural resources. Among such days are Thursdays were fishermen at the Kpong fish Landing Site in the Lower Manya Krobo District of the Eastern Region do not go fishing. \u00a0The fisherman shown in the photo is using this day judiciously by mending his thorn nets to make ready for the following days expedition.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Mending-a-torn-net-in-Ghana.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10891\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?attachment_id=10891\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Mending-a-torn-net-in-Ghana.jpg?fit=1012%2C752&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1012,752\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mending a torn net in Ghana\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Mending-a-torn-net-in-Ghana.jpg?fit=750%2C557&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10891\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Mending-a-torn-net-in-Ghana-300x222.jpg?resize=300%2C222\" alt=\"Mending a torn net in Ghana\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Mending-a-torn-net-in-Ghana.jpg?resize=300%2C222&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Mending-a-torn-net-in-Ghana.jpg?w=1012&amp;ssl=1 1012w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Patrick Appenteng\u00a0(Ghana) In most part of Africa including Ghana, taboo days were set aside by ancestors during which natives including fishermen do not work. These traditional off-days had been utilized as a means of conservation of our natural resources. 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