The Ghanian Ministry for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Mavis Hawa Koomson has launched Aquaculture Forum in order to bring industry players to share ideas and innovative ways to promote the aquaculture sub-sector.
The Forum also seeks to increase marine and inland fish production, creating job opportunities and attracting investors to the sector.
Koomson who disclosed this in Accra said the outcome of the Sustainable Development Impact Summit of the World Economic Forum showed that aquaculture is currently the fastest growing food industry, accounting for over 50% of the total seafood supply globally.
“Aquaculture is a viable option to supplement production from marine and inland waters to meet the rising demand for fish, adding that it was anticipated that production will increase from 64,000 metric tonnes in 2020 to 132,710 metric tonnes in 2026”.
She also announced the Ministry’s readiness to create a conducive environment to improve the state of fisheries and aquaculture through regulatory reforms aimed at sanitising the industry to contribute more substantively to the agriculture sector.
“Networking and collaborating with diverse supply chain actors could pave the way for building the capacity of operators to resourcefully overcome challenges relating to production, marketing, and management in the sector to remain competitive and profitable.
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