The Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipal Assembly (EKMA) under the numerous agriculture policies by the government to ensure self-employment of the Ghanaian youth has been educating the general youth on the rearing of aquatic animals, especially catfishes and tilapia.
According to the Assembly affording a reasonable size of land for the production of fish farming can be challenging for beginners, however, the organization is dedicated to spearheading the initiative by providing alternative DIY to enable start-ups to make ends meet.
Speaking on the matter the Municipal Director for Agriculture at EKMA John Kwabena Gyimah explains that fish farming is a highly profitable business and can yield as much as Thousands of Cedis in profit if the done properly even in the first production.
“Let’s jsut say, you have 100 fingerlings in your fish pond. Some sell it at a cost of 1.20p to 1.50p that means if you buy thousand, that is 1.500 cedis. Your fish pond will cost about 1000 – 2000 which would add up to about 2,900 cedis.”
For the beginning, the fishes will consume a lot of food. Fingerlings grow in exactly 6 months. A kilo of catfish can sell at 20 cedis which means 1.5 kilo will sell at 30 cedis. Lets assume 1000 fingerlings is 30 cedis, that means you will generate 30,000 cedis in less than 6months from harvest,” he said.
Fish farming involves the commercial breeding of fish, usually for food, in fish tanks or artificial enclosures such as fish ponds. It is a particular type of aquaculture, which is the controlled cultivation and harvesting of aquatic animals such as fish, crustaceans, molluscs and so on, in a natural or pseudo-natural environment.
