Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n President Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s Government is expected to create additional 80,000 direct and indirect jobs along the aquaculture value chain.<\/p>\n
Again, it is to provide additional 50,000 mt of fish over a three year period for the country.<\/p>\n
The jobs are to be created under the Aquaculture for Food and Jobs (AFJ) of the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture.<\/p>\n
Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Elizabeth Afoley Quaye made this known to the media on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, in Accra.<\/p>\n
She said the AFJ programme seeks to support Government\u2019s agenda for jobs.<\/p>\n
Touching on measures being put in place to develop the aquaculture sector, she indicated that \u201cthe AFJ is to complement the on-going Planting for Food and Jobs of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the Minister, \u201cat full operation, the programme is expected to create additional 80,000 direct and indirect jobs along the aquaculture value chain and provide additional 50,000 mt of fish over a three (3) year period for the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
She announced that \u201cthe AFJ programme will engage 2,000 youth from the National Builders Corps (NABCO) who will be trained to provide extension services to fish farmers.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/b>Beneficiaries<\/p>\n
The Minister indicated that \u201cthe first beneficiaries of the AFJ is the James Camp Prison Fish Farm.\u201d<\/p>\n
She added that \u201cthe Prison was supported with 3,000 fingerlings, and 235 bags of fish feed in January 2019. Two (2) additional ponds of 400 m2 size each are under construction as part of the AFJ.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to her, \u201cthe focus is on pond construction and management. The government will expand the project to create additional job opportunities under Phase 2.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, she said, \u201cunder the Aquaculture Development, the Ministry facilitated the activities of aquaculture operators through the provision of increased extension services and other cost-effective knowledge, skills and technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n
She noted that \u201cthis led to an increase in production from 52,471 mt in 2016 to 76,620 mt in 2018, an increase of 46%.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/b>Projects<\/p>\n
In 2018, she stated that \u201c32 dams and dugouts were re-stocked in the then three northern regions, with ten million fingerlings of Tilapia, African Catfish and Heterotis in thirty-two (32) communities. E.g. Kogbufion and Kokoligu (Nandom District), Naburenye (Lawra District), Gentilpe (Sawla Tuna District) and Dikunani (Savelugu \u2013Nanton District). The objective is to augment fish supply and reduce protein deficiencies in these communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
As part of efforts to enhance inter-sectoral collaboration towards the development of the aquaculture industry, she added that \u201cthe Ministry instituted a National Committee on Aquaculture comprising experts from Academia, Industry and Regulators.\u201d<\/p>\n
She noted that the Committee was tasked to deliberate on issues bedeviling the industry and provide solutions for implementation by MoFAD.<\/p>\n
Currently, she said educational institutions and other farms have been identified in all regions for the implementation of the project.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Elizabeth Afoley Quaye, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n