Title Page
Contents
Abstract 8
1. Introduction 10
1.1. Significance and Justification of the Study 11
1.2. Problem Statement 12
1.3. Organization of the Study 13
2. Literature Review 14
2.1. Fishery Industry in Ghana 14
2.2. The Marine Fisheries Sector in Ghana 15
2.3. Status of the Fisheries 19
2.4. Fisheries Management in Ghana 22
2.4.1. Challenges of the sector 26
3. Material and Methods 27
3.1. Catch and Effort data 27
3.2. Methods 31
3.2.1. Data formulation 31
3.2.2. Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) 32
3.2.3. Determining Model's Accuracy 33
4. Results and Discussion 34
5. Conclusion and Recommendation 43
References 45
Appendices 49
Table 1. Marine Fish Production (mt) from 2009 to 2016 20
Table 2. Estimated Catch and effort Data for the artisanal fishery (2000-2016) 28
Table 3. Results of Regression Analysis from the Surplus Production models, Effort (number of canoes) 35
Table 4. Results of Regression Analysis from the Surplus Production models, Effort (number of trips) 36
Table 5. Estimated MSY and Emsy for artisanal fisheries 37
Table 6. Determining Accuracy of the models 37
Fig. 1. Map of Coastal Regions in Ghana 15
Fig. 2. Artisanal Canoes at the Tema Fishing Harbour. 17
Fig. 3. Marine Fish Production (mt) from 2009 to 2016 21
Fig. 4. Organizational Structure of the Fisheries Commission of Ghana 23
Fig. 5. CPUE considering effort as the number of trips from 2000 to 2016 29
Fig. 6. CPUE considering effort as the number of canoes from 2000 to 2016 30
Fig. 7. Mean Square Error for applied models 38
Fig. 8. Annual and estimated catches (Logistics model) for artisanal fisheries, 2000 to... 39
Fig. 9. Annual and estimated catches (Exponential models) for artisanal fisheries,... 40
Fig. 10. Sustainable yield curve using biological parameters estimate with WH model... 41
Fig. 11. Sustainable yield curve using biological parameters estimate with CY&P model... 42