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Traditional Fisheries management Institutions Community Based Fisheries Management Committee CBFMC
o local committees formed fishing community based on existing traditional
leadership authority and local government structures o
enforce national fisheries laws at community level, enact and enforce their own by-laws; collaborate with District Assemblies and FC.
Chief Fisherman
o Leads in resolution of disputes
o Gives access to fishing in the communities.
o Enforces a number of measures such as non-fishing days, ban on landing
certain fish species during festival periods to prevent overfishing; o
Leads in observing taboos and cultural practices such as performance of rituals to ‘sea gods’ and consulting of oracles during certain periods of the year help
to manage the fish stocks. o
Supervises acquisition and distribution of Premix-fuel. Limitations: Lack legal power through national policy or legislation.
Fish Mummies Wives Women importers
Mummies o
Finance the fishing business o
Negotiate determine price for the day o
Have large storage facilities Fish Wives
o Can be wife or female relative of fishermen
o Receive catch from fishermen and process
o Sell to retailers and consumers
Importers, e.g. Adom Mboroso andSarfo Nyame. o
Import sardinella from EU, Namibia, Mauritania o
Have large storage facilities o
Sell to wholesalers, retailers and occasionally consumers.
4.9 Interaction of Governance Institutions with Actors
The various governance institutions interact more often with some specified actors Table 8. It is usual for one institution to interact with a number of the actors. Some of the roles of the
institutions can be more efficiently served if collaborations are forged among them. There is therefore a need to harmonise the activities of these institutions and harness them for
effective and improved supervision and regulation along the chain.
Table 8 Interaction of Governance Institutions with Actors
Institution Actors along the chain
Fisheries Commission Fishermen, Fishing Input Dealers
Fish Processors, Fish Traders, Consumers
Ghana Standards Authority Fish Processors, Fish Traders
Fish Exporters, Fish Importers Cold Store Operators, Consumers
Food and Drugs Authority Fish Processors, Fish Traders
Fish Exporters, Fish Importers Cold Store Operators, Consumers
Ministry of Trade and Industry Fishing Input dealers, Fish Exporters
Fish Importers
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Customs Excise and Preventive Service Fishing Input dealers, Fish Exporters
Fish Importers, Transporters Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority
Fishing Input dealers, Fish Importers Transporters
Ghana Export Promotion Authority Fish Exporters, Fish Importers
Bank of Ghana Fishing Input dealers, Fish Exporters
Fish Importers Food Research Institute of CSIR
Fish processors, Consumers Universities and other research
organizations Fishermen, Fishing Input dealers
Fish Processors, Fish Traders Fish Retailers, Fish Importers
Fish Exporters, Cold Store Operators Transporters
Federation of Association of Ghanaian Exporters
Fish Exporters Environmental Protection Agency
Fishermen, Fish Processors Metropolitan Municipal District Assembly
Fishermen, Fishing Input dealers Fish Processors, Fish Traders
Fish Retailers, Fish Exporters Cold Store Operators, Transporters
Ghana National Fish Processors and Traders Association
Fish Processors, Fish Traders Fish Retailers, Fish Exporters
Cold Store Operators, Transporters, Consumers
Driver Vehicle and Licensing Authority Transporters
Community Based Fisheries Management Committee
Fishermen, Fish Processors Fish Traders, Fish Retailers
Chief Fisherman Fishermen, Fishing Input Dealers
Fish mummies Fish wives Fish Processors, Fish Traders
Fish Retailers, Consumers
5.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
