Report on the Baseline Survey of Small Pelagic Fishing Households Along the Ghana Coast
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SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT PROJECT (SFMP) Report on the Baseline Survey of Small Pelagic Fishing Households along the Ghana Coast June, 2016 Bureau for Integrated Rural Development College of Agriculture and Natural Resources This publication is available electronically on the Coastal Resources Center’s website at http://www.crc.uri.edu/projects_page/ghanasfmp/ For more information on the Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project, contact: USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project Coastal Resources Center Graduate School of Oceanography University of Rhode Island 220 South Ferry Rd. Narragansett, RI 02882 USA Tel: 401-874-6224 Fax: 401-874-6920 Email: [email protected] Citation: Crawford, B., L. Gonzales, D. Amin, B. Nyari-Hardi, & Y.A. Sarpong. (2016) Report on the Baseline Survey of Small Pelagic Fishing Households along the Ghana Coast. The USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP) Narragansett, RI: Coastal Resources Center, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island. GH2014_PGM187_CRC. 122 pp. Authority/Disclaimer: Prepared for USAID/Ghana under Cooperative Agreement (AID-641-A-15-00001) awarded on October 22, 2014 to the University of Rhode Island and entitled; the USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP). This document is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The views expressed and opinions contained in this report are those of the authors and are not intended as statements of policy of either USAID or the cooperating organizations. As such, the contents of this report are the sole responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. Cover photo: Person being interviewed for the baseline survey. (Credit: SFMP) i Detailed Partner Contact Information: USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP) 10 Obodai St., Mempeasem, East Legon, Accra, Ghana Brian Crawford Chief of Party [email protected] Najih Lazar Senior Fisheries Advisor [email protected] Patricia Mensah Communications Officer [email protected] Bakari Nyari Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist [email protected] Don Robadue, Jr. Project Manager, CRC [email protected] Justice Odoi USAID Administrative Officer Representative [email protected] Kofi.Agbogah Thomas Buck [email protected] [email protected] Stephen Kankam SSG Advisors [email protected] 182 Main Street Hen Mpoano Burlington, VT 05401 38 J. Cross Cole St. Windy Ridge (802) 735-1162 Takoradi, Ghana 233 312 020 701 Victoria C. Koomson [email protected] Andre de Jager CEWEFIA [email protected] B342 Bronyibima Estate SNV Netherlands Development Oganization Elmina, Ghana #161, 10 Maseru Road, 233 024 427 8377 E. Legon, Accra, Ghana 233 30 701 2440 Lydia Sasu [email protected] Donkris Mevuta DAA Kyei Yamoah Darkuman Junction, Kaneshie Odokor [email protected] Highway Friends of the Nation Accra, Ghana Parks and Gardens 233 302 315894 Adiembra-Sekondi, Ghana 233 312 046 180 Gifty Asmah [email protected] Peter Owusu Donkor Daasgift Quality Foundation Spatial Solutions Headmaster residence, Sekondi College [email protected] Sekondi, Western Region, Ghana #3 Third Nautical Close, 233 243 326 178 Nungua, Accra, Ghana 233 020 463 4488 For additional information on partner activities: CRC/URI: http://www.crc.uri.edu CEWEFIA: http://cewefia.weebly.com/ DAA: http://womenthrive.org/development-action-association-daa Daasgift: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Daasgift-Quality-Foundation- FNGO/135372649846101 Friends of the Nation: http://www.fonghana.org Hen Mpoano: http://www.henmpoano.org SNV: http://www.snvworld.org/en/countries/ghana SSG Advisors: http://ssg-advisors.com/ Spatial Solutions: http://www.spatialsolutions.co/id1.htm ii Acknowledgements This report is indebted to efforts of many contributors at various stages. Firstly, let us commend the efforts of the entire enumeration team (Mac Issahaka Billa, Richard Amankwah, Damiana Etsey, Nana Sarfoa, Judith Quaye and Richard Octhewemah) for their tireless commitment during data collection. We particularly wish to thank District Coordinating Directors and Assemblymen of the survey districts for their immense support and collaboration during our reconnaissance and field visits to the survey communities. This acknowledgement would not be complete if we failed to acknowledge the technical input and efforts of Najih Lazar, Emmanuel Dolvo and Kofi Agbogah during the initial stage of the survey planning and the training of enumerators. The Project also acknowledges the invaluable support chief fishermen of the survey communities provided to the survey team during data collection, ensuring that community members were willingly and cooperated with the enumerators during field work. iii Acronyms ANOVA Analysis of Variance BIRD Bureau for Integrated Rural Development CDCS Country Development and Cooperation Strategy CLaT Child Labor and Trafficking CR Central Region DAs District Assemblies DF Degrees of Freedom DO Development Objective FASDP Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector Development Program FtF Feed the Future GIS Geographic Information System GoG Government of Ghana GPS Geographic Positioning System HHScore Household Score ICFGP Integrated Fisheries and Coastal Governance Project of USAID/Ghana IR Intermediate result IT Information Technology IUU Illegal, Unreported or Unregulated KAP Knowledge, Awareness, and Practices KNUST Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology KVIP Kumasi Ventilated Improved Pit (latrine) MOFAD Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development M&E Monitoring and Evaluation NS Not significant PBS Population Based Survey SFMP Sustainable Fisheries Management Project of USAID Ghana SMS Smart Messaging System USAID United States Agency for International Development WARFP West Africa Regional Fisheries Project ZOI Zone of Influence iv Table of Contents Page Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................... iii Acronyms ...................................................................................................................................... iv Table of Contents ...........................................................................................................................v List of Figures .............................................................................................................................. vii List of Tables .............................................................................................................................. viii Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................6 The Objectives and Scope of the Baseline Survey .................................................................. 6 Report Layout ........................................................................................................................... 6 Project Overview ...................................................................................................................... 7 The USAID SFMP Results Framework ......................................................................... 7 Theory of Change (Development Hypothesis) .............................................................. 9 Profile of the Zone of Influence ............................................................................................ 11 Methodological Overview ............................................................................................................14 Survey Design ......................................................................................................................... 14 Sampling ................................................................................................................................. 16 Distribution of Small Pelagics Fishermen ................................................................... 16 Sample Frame Construction ......................................................................................... 17 Sampled Communities ................................................................................................. 17 Sample Size Calculations ............................................................................................. 18 Allocation of Samples .................................................................................................. 18 Household Sampling .................................................................................................... 19 The survey Instrument ........................................................................................................... 20 Survey Implementation .......................................................................................................... 20 Enumerator Recruitment and Training......................................................................... 20 Pre-testing the Questionnaire ....................................................................................... 21 Field Work ................................................................................................................... 21 Survey Limitations 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