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FISHING GEAR AND FISH CATCH ASSESSMENT ALONG THE OTI RIVER AT AGBASAKOPE IN KRACHI EAST DISTRICT OF VOLTA REGION, GHANA

UDS International Journal of Development

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Title FISHING GEAR AND FISH CATCH ASSESSMENT ALONG THE OTI RIVER AT AGBASAKOPE IN KRACHI EAST DISTRICT OF VOLTA REGION, GHANA
 
Creator Akongyuure, D.N.
Ayiku, S.
Alhassan, E.H
Ampofo-Yeboah, A
Abarike, E.D
Abobi, S.M
Atindana, S. A.
 
Description Rivers are a great source of fish and contribute significantly to the fish consumed by many Ghanaians.  However, catches from rivers have declined over the past few decades partly due to various illegal fishing activities. The study was conducted on the Oti River  at  Agbasakope in Krachi  East District  in  the Volta Region of Ghana from December, 2013 to March, 2014 to assess  gears  used  and  fish  catches in order to provide technical information for sustainable exploitation of fish. Fishing gears were identified through personal observation. Fish catch data was obtained from randomly selected commercial fishermen once in a month. The  results  revealed  that  fishing  gears  such as atidza net,  beach  seine net,  bamboo  traps  and gillnets  were  used.  Gillnet was the most dominant fishing gear (47%) and the least used gear was atidza net (8%).  The total average monthly fish catch was estimated as 10,027.9 kg during the period of study.  Forty-six (46) fish species belonging to twelve (12) families were identified. Ten (10) species were caught from the family Cichlidae. Claroteidae was the most relatively abundant family (49.1%) with Chrysichthys auratus (20.1%) registering the highest percentage abundance in terms of number. Most  fishing  gears  used  by  the fishermen did not conform to those legally allowed by the  Fisheries  Directorate  for  inland capture  fisheries. Ban on use of unauthorised fishing gears should be enforced to increase fish production on a sustainable basis from the River Oti.Keywords: Fish, Fishing gears, Catch, Fishermen and Oti River
 
Publisher UDS International Journal of Development
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2016-04-28
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.udsijd.org/index.php/udsijd/article/view/39
 
Source UDS International Journal of Development; Vol 2, No 1 (2015): UDS International Journal of Development; 31-44
2026-5336
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.udsijd.org/index.php/udsijd/article/view/39/27
 
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