Survey on fishing habits, handling and distribution of freshly landed marine fish along Accra coastal belt

Abstract

A survey was carried out using questionnaire on 60 respondents, all fishermen, involved in the harvest of fish from the ocean. These were randomly selected from nine fish landing centres on the Accra coast. Five main types of fishing habits were observed. Except for one instance, the 'Lagice' method, no ice was carried on board the fishing canoes. Fishermen stayed at sea until sufficient catch was made before landing fish, depending however on the method of catch used. Pricing of fish was done according to difficulties faced at sea, availability of fish, and season. It was observed that most catch was given to the wives of fishermen for sale immediately or for processing before sales were made to market women