Ghana: US$10m aquaculture centre to curb fish imports

A US$10million National Aquaculture Centre and Commercial Farms facility has been inaugurated to augment domestic production and reduce fish imports. The Centre is expected to provide training and start-up support to 300 aquaculture entrepreneurs, as well as produce 50,000 metric tonnes of fish within five years. The farmwhich operates under the auspices of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD) at the Diary Farms in Amrahia, and comprises facilities such as aquaculture indoor structures, classrooms, student and staff accommodation, mechanic’s workshop, packaging warehouses and a cold storage facility for chemicals and inputs, a water reservoir and power station among others. Sector minister Mavis Hawa Koomson said the Centre will utilise state-of-the-art technology to increase total annual fish production from the aquaculture subsector. “Due to the peak in harvest from wild fisheries, aquaculture is widely recognised as an effective way to meet the seafood ...