SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT PROJECT (SFMP) Manual on Improved Post-Harvest Processing of Fish March, 2017 This publication is available electronically in the following locations: The Coastal Resources Center http://www.crc.uri.edu/projects_page/ghanasfmp/ Ghanalinks.org https://ghanalinks.org/elibrary search term: SFMP USAID Development Clearing House https://dec.usaid.gov/dec/content/search.aspx search term: Ghana SFMP 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: Development Action Association. Asare A. (2017). Manual on Improved Post- Harvest Fish Processing. The USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP). Narragansett, RI: Coastal Resources Center, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island. GH2014_ACT070_DAA 71 pg. 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 SFMP team 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 SFMP team and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. Cover photo: A sketched photo of fish. (Credit: Development Action Association) i Detailed Partner Contact Information: USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP) 10 Obodai St., Mempeasem, East Legon, Accra, Ghana Telephone: +233 0302 542497 Fax: +233 0302 542498 Maurice Knight Chief of Party [email protected] Kofi Agbogah Senior Fisheries Advisor [email protected] Nii Odenkey Abbey Communications Officer [email protected] Bakari Nyari Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist [email protected] Brian Crawford Project Manager, CRC [email protected] Ellis Ekekpi USAID AOR (acting) [email protected] Kofi.Agbogah [email protected] Resonance Global Stephen Kankam (formerly SSG Advisors) [email protected] 182 Main Street Hen Mpoano Burlington, VT 05401 38 J. Cross Cole St. Windy Ridge +1 (802) 735-1162 Takoradi, Ghana Thomas Buck 233 312 020 701 [email protected] Andre de Jager Victoria C. Koomson [email protected] [email protected] SNV Netherlands Development Organisation CEWEFIA #161, 10 Maseru Road, B342 Bronyibima Estate E. Legon, Accra, Ghana Elmina, Ghana 233 30 701 2440 233 024 427 8377 Donkris Mevuta Lydia Sasu Kyei Yamoah [email protected] [email protected] DAA Friends of the Nation Darkuman Junction, Kaneshie Odokor Parks and Gardens Highway Adiembra-Sekondi, Ghana Accra, Ghana 233 312 046 180 233 302 315894 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 Friends of the Nation: http://www.fonghana.org Hen Mpoano: http://www.henmpoano.org Resonance Global: https://resonanceglobal.com/ SNV: http://www.snvworld.org/en/countries/ghana ii ACRONYMS DAA Development Action Association FtF Feed the Future MOFAD Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development SFMP Sustainable Fisheries Management Project URI University of Rhode Island USAID United States Agency for International Development iii TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS .............................................................................................................................iii LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................. vi LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................................... ix SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION TO FISHERIES .................................................................... 1 1.1 Demonstrate Knowledge of Fisheries Industry in Ghana ................................................ 1 1.1.1 Define Fisheries Terms ............................................................................................. 1 1.1.2 List types of fish in Ghana ........................................................................................ 6 1.1.3 List types of fish in the various communities in Ghana.......................................... 12 1.1.4 Describe types of fisheries in Ghana....................................................................... 12 1.1.5 Fisheries activities in Ghana ................................................................................... 14 1.1.6 Self-Assessment ...................................................................................................... 17 1.2 Demonstrate knowledge of fish for food and nutritional ............................................... 17 1.2.1 The importance of eating fish as food..................................................................... 18 1.2.2 The importance of eating fish for nutrition ............................................................. 18 1.2.3 List nutrients derived from fish............................................................................... 18 1.2.4 The function of nutrients derived from fish to the human body ............................. 18 1.2.5 Self- Assessment ..................................................................................................... 20 1.3 Demonstrate knowledge of occupational hazards in fisheries ....................................... 20 1.3.1 Demonstrate knowledge of occupational hazards in fisheries ................................ 20 1.3.2 Define occupational hazards in fisheries ..................................................... 20 1.3.5 Describe how to prevent occupational hazards in fisheries .................................... 25 1.3.6 Self-Assessment ...................................................................................................... 30 SECTION 2: FISHERY HYGIENE, SANITATION AND HEALTH ................................... 31 2.1 Demonstrate Knowledge of Hygiene ............................................................................. 31 2.1.1 Define hygiene ........................................................................................................ 31 2.1.2 State importance of observing hygiene in fisheries ................................................ 31 2.1.3 The impact of poor hygiene on fisheries................................................................. 31 2.1.4 Hygiene practice in fisheries................................................................................... 32 2.1.5 Self-assessment ....................................................................................................... 32 2.2 Demonstrate skills of sanitation ..................................................................................... 33 2.2.1 Define Sanitation..................................................................................................... 33 2.2.2 The Importance of Observing Sanitation in Fisheries ............................................ 33 2.2.3 The Impact of Poor Sanitation On Fisheries ........................................................... 33 2.2.4 Sanitation Practice in Fisheries ............................................................................... 33 2.2.5 Self-Assessment ...................................................................................................... 34 iv 2.3 Demonstrate knowledge of human health care in fisheries community ........................ 35 2.3.1 Define human health care in fisheries..................................................................... 35 2.3.2 State importance of human health care in fisheries ................................................ 35 2.3.3 Poor health care problems in fisheries Community ................................................ 35 2.3.4 Impact of poor health in fisheries Community ....................................................... 36 2.3.5 State ways to improve poor health care problems in fisheries Community ........... 37 2.3.6 Self-assessment ....................................................................................................... 37 SECTION 3: FRESH FISH PRESERVATION ...................................................................... 38 3.1 Demonstrate knowledge of fish handling ...................................................................... 38 3.1.1 Define fish handling................................................................................................ 38 3.1.2 Importance of fish handling .................................................................................... 38 3.1.3 List Materials Used for Handling Fish.................................................................... 38 3.1.4 List Places of Handling Fish in Fisheries ............................................................... 40 3.1.5 Bad Handling Practice in Fisheries ......................................................................... 41 3.1.6 Self-Assessment .....................................................................................................