AQUACULTURE GHANA 2024 EVENT STAKEHOLDER COLLABORATIONS: 30TH - 31ST MAY, 2024 WORLD TRADE CENTER, ACCRA - GHANA Theme: A Key to Building a Resilient and Strong Aquaculture Industry
(+2) 01203333649 [email protected] www.grand-aqua.com Lot 1 -2-18 Block 32, Industrial Zone, New Damietta Lot 1-2-18-19 Block 1, Industrial Zone, Gamasa ( A New Vision In The World Of Fish Feed Manufacturing ) “Grand Fish Feed” is considered one of the biggest companies in the field of the manufacturing and supplying fish feed in Egypt . Grand aims at achieving leadership in the aquatic feed industry and contribute significantly to the development of the aquaculture sector locally, regionally and internationally. Grand provides all cooperation and service tools for its clients locally and globally, and the company offers the service of producing (custom feed) to meet all customers’ requirements according to the culture conditions, stages of breeding and special cases, whether in terms of cultured species, target culture or market requirements. 01
CREATION OF RAANAN FISH FEED WEST AFRICA LTD. Raanan Fish Feed West Africa Ltd. is a Ghanaian company owned by an Israeli company called Raanan Fish Feed Ltd. It was established in August 2013. It currently has a workforce of approximately 120 employees. Raanan Fish Feed Ltd., which was established in 1995, is owned and managed by Mr. Raanan Berzak. It is divided into different departments, namely, Nutrition and R&D, Marketing and Sales, Production Management and Purchasing. Raanan Fish Feed is Israel’s leading manufacturer and marketer of fish feed for commercial fish farms (conventional and organic) and ornamental fish farms. The organic food is produced in an exclusive organic feed factory in Vietnam, in accordance with the Israel Bio-Organic Agriculture Association (IBOAA) standard and the basic standards of the IFOAM (International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements) as well as the European Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2092/91 on organic production. Conventional fish feed includes a wide range of balanced and complete feeding programs, including flowing and floating starter and growth feeds for sea bream and sea bass, H.S. sea bass, catfish, barramundi, tilapia and carp... Raanan Fish Feed WA is certified for Quality Management System (ISO 9001), Environmental Management System (ISO 14001) (pending), Health and Safety Management System (OHSAS 18000) (pending) and organic by Naturland, Bio Suisse and Agrior, and complies with the relevant requirements of the EU and US Food and Drug Administration. The company is also cooperating with Naturland to convert conventional fish farms into organic farming systems around the world. 02
CYCLE FARMS/ENAM PAPA Cycle Farms Ghana Limited, producers of Enam Papa fish feed, is a feed manufacturing company that was set up in 2018. We specialize in the production of quality fish feed through years of intensive research and development with locally sourced raw materials processed under high-quality standards. Cycle Farms prides itself as being the first fish feed factory to produce all its feed ranges for tilapia and catfish locally. We produced the first complete animal protein using Black soldier fly as protein source.
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1. HON. MRS. MAVIS HAWA KOOMSON (MP), is the Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD), and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Awutu Senya East Constituency in the Central Region, having won the Parliamentary Election since 2012. 2. She was born on 3rd February, 1966 in Sekondi in the Western Region, and a native of Salaga in the Northern Region. The Hon. Minister is a teacher by profession and had her teacher training education at the Evangelical Presbyterian College of Education from 1987 to 1991. The Hon. Minister enrolled at the University of Education, Winneba where she obtained a Diploma in Basic Education in 2006 and Undergraduate Degree in Basic Education in 2011. She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Administration (DPA) and a Masters in Public Administration with specialization in International Relations and Diplomacy from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). 3. Hon. Mavis Hawa Koomson has over 21 years of experience as a professional teacher from 1991 until her election as a Member of Parliament in 2012. As a teacher, she rose through the ranks of Assistant Superintendent to Principal Superintendent in 2011 and ultimately, became the Head Teacher of several schools from 2004 to 2012 including the Salamaniya Islamic School, Kasoa. She occupied various positions including: i. President of Ghana National Association of Teachers Ladies Society (GNATLAS), Sekondi Local from 2005 to 2006 ii. Treasurer for GNATLAS, Western Region from 2003 to 2005 HON. MRS. MAVIS HAWA KOOMSON (MP) Minister For Fisheries And Aquaculture Development (MoFAD)
iii. Secretary for GNATLAS, Takoradi Local from 2002 to 2004 4. Hon Mavis Hawa Koomson was appointed the Minister for Special Development Initiatives in the year 2017, following the assumption of Office by His Excellency the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, a position she diligently held until January 2021 when the Ministry was realigned and reassigned to the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development. 5. As the Minister for Special Development Initiatives and a Cabinet Member, she led the actualization of the vision of His Excellency the President, spearheading the implementation of the novel Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Program (IPEP) aimed at eradicating poverty through the provision of basic infrastructure at the constituency level, mostly rural and deprived communities. The program is a pro poor initiative which involves the annual allocation of One Million United States Dollars to each of the 275 constituencies in the country. 6. Key achievements under the Programme includes the initiation of over eight Thousand (8000) varied projects across the country: Clinics, Markets, Warehouses, Water systems, Water Closets, culverts, road reshaping, police stations, school blocks, small earth dams, amongst others. Under her leadership, the Ministry facilitated the procurement and distribution of 307 ambulances and 10,000 hospital beds to help improve emergency healthcare system and reduce the “no bed syndrome” in the country. 7. Upon assumption of office as the Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development in 2021, her focus has been to ensure the protection and conservation of Ghana’s fisheries resources in a sustainable manner whiles developing the aquaculture industry to augment domestic fish production and create additional jobs along the value chain through: i. Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development ii. Automation of Premix Fuel Distribution to curb the incidence of diversion and hoarding iii. Intensified fight against Illegal, Unreported, Unregulated (IUU) fishing practices iv. Implementation of conservation and stock recovery strategies (e.g. Closed Season for all fleets) v. Provision of Fishing and Aquaculture Inputs to Fishermen, Fish Processors and Fish Farmers to enhance their operations vi....Improving Fisheries Legal and Policy Frameworks vii. Deepened collaboration with stakeholders 8. Hon. Mrs. Mavis Hawa Koomson has over the years proven her worth locally and internationally through her active participation in various seminars and workshops and her engagement in professional organizations with regards to Education and public service. She serves on various Parliamentary Select Committees including the Select Committee for Lands and Natural Resources, Business Committee and Committee for African Parliamentary Union. 9. Mrs. Koomson is a dedicated Christian and family woman, married with three (3) Children.
Foluke Omotayo Areola, President of the World Aquaculture Society African Chapter, has been a prolific professional in the fisheries and aquaculture industry for over 40 years. She has provided technical guidance, strengthened institutional and partnership capacities, and held various significant positions in Nigeria as Federal Director of Fisheries Quarantine, the first female Acting Federal Director of Fisheries & Aquaculture and Fisheries. She is a distinguished fellow of the Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON), and the first female National President. She has participated in high-level national, regional, and continental initiatives, including as a Facilitator of the Agriculture and Food Security Policy Commission of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group. MRS. FOLUKE O. AREOLA PROFILE 10
Mr. Benjamin Turkson is a Partner and the Director of Operations at R & B Farms Limited located at Gomoa Nsuaem in the Central Region. He is also the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mankoview Beach Resort, and the 2021 National Best Fish Farmer (Aquaculture). He is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a member of American Institute of Public Accountants(AICPA), and Institute of Chartered Accountants Ghana (ICAG). Mr. Turkson completed his first degree in Accounting at the University of Ghana School of Administration after which he proceeded to obtain his Master’s in Business Administration degree at Strayer University in Washington D.C. (USA). He has extensive experience in the local and international corporate financial management spheres. He has worked with a number of international and local organizations including the United Nations, PricewaterhouseCoopers’s (PwC Ghana), and the NASDAQ Stock Exchange in the United States. He is currently a fish farmer. MR. BENJAMIN TURKSON PROFILE 11
MR. FRED KWASI ANTWI-BOADU PROFILE Mr. Fred Kwasi Antwi-Boadu has about two decades of experience working in the financial services industry and the public sector in Ghana. Since 2022, he has been the Executive Director of the Fisheries Commission in Ghana, where he leads the implementation of various Government policies and programmes aimed at scaling up the transformation of the fisheries and aquaculture sector of the country. Under his stewardship, the FC has progressed significantly to be a viable and dynamic agency for the accelerated development of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Ghana. The Ghana National Aquaculture Development Plan (2024 – 2028), developed under his auspices is serving as the blueprint for the transformation of the sector. This policy and related instruments will help in sustaining ongoing programmes he has initiated that have culminated in the following, among others: • Introduction of aquaculture on small reservoirs in the North East Region; • Development and dissemination of the Fish Farming Training Manual; • Establishment of Youth Groups for fish farming as a business; • Operationalisation of the One-stop shop licensing; • Production of quality but affordable fish feed for the aquaculture industry; • Training of industry players in catfish and tilapia breeding and fish feed formulation; • Development of biosecurity guidelines, checklists and training manual; • Development of tiered farm certification protocols for best aquaculture practices; and • Collaboration with Norwegian Vetenariry Institute to establish a histopathology laboratory under the ‘Fish for Development’ programme. In addition to his statutory duties as the Executive Director, he is also playing critical roles in various entities both in Ghana and abroad. Key among these are: 12
MR. FRED KWASI ANTWI-BOADU PROFILE • Technical Advisory Committee Chairman of the Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC); • Steering Committee Chair of the Fish for Development-Norwegian/Ghana Project; • Board member of the Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA); • Steering Committee Member, Fisheries Committee for Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF); and • Chairperson of the Entity Tender Committee of the Fisheries Commission. Prior to his appointment as the Executive Director of the Fisheries Commission, Mr. AntwiBoadu held key positions in various organizations performing managerial and executive functions. Among these are serving as Consultant for Project Bluemoon of PwC (2020- 2022) and Chief Executive Officer of Sheedy Microfinance Ltd (2019-2020). Mr. Antwi-Boadu holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Risk Management from the Business School Netherlands (BSN) and a Master of Arts in Ministry (Pastoral Care and Counselling) from the Trinity Theological Seminary, LegonGhana. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (ACIB) Ghana, the Institute of Directors (MloD) Ghana, Digital Finance Practitioners Ghana (Member of the Alliance of Digital Finance Association), and the Ghana Psychology Council. He served the Child Evangelism Fellowship of Ghana as the National Board Secretary (2013 to 2016 ) and the National Board Vice Chairperson (2017 to 2020). He has been a Sunday School Teacher in the Methodist Church since 1997. 13
MR. BLESSING MAPFUMO PROFILE Mr. Blessing Mapfumo is an International Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisor based in South Africa, with over 20 years professional experience. He is also the Executive Officer (Secretariat) of the African Chapter of the World Aquaculture Society, which is housed at the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD). Within the WAS platform, part of his main roles is to co-ordinate the organization of the annual Aquaculture Africa Conferences. Mr. Mapfumo has over the years worked with state, non-state actors and developmental organizations mostly in project areas pertaining to building capacity on fish trade and aquaculture development. He has a number of published manuscripts to his credit. 14
PROF. DANIEL ADJEI-BOATENG PROFILE Daniel Adjei-Boateng is a Professor of Aquaculture in the Department of Fisheries and Watershed Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana. He holds a PhD in Zoology from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (2011), MSc in Aquaculture from the University of Ghent, Belgium (2003) and a BSc. in Natural Resources Management (KNUST, 2000). He has almost 20 years of teaching, research and administrative experience. He is currently the Head of Quality Assurance and Accreditation at the Quality Assurance and Planning Office, KNUST. As Head of the Department, he provided sound academic and administrative direction and facilitated the redesign of the BSc. Aquaculture and Water Resources Management programme to be responsive to the needs of the industry, emphasizing semester collaborative projects, field trips and Students’ hands-on training in feed formulation, fish production and marketing as well as general farm operations management. He has a wide national and international network and is a team player. 15
Dr. Ndiaga Gueye is currently the Regional Senior Fisheries and Aquaculture Officer, Programme Manager, Fisheries and Aquaculture System at the FAO Regional Office for Africa, a position he has held for the past 8 years. In this capacity, he is the Secretary of the Committee for Fisheries of the Eastern Central Atlantic (CECAF) and the Committee for Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture for Africa (CECAA). He started his professional career in 1984 in his country (Senegal) which he left at the end of 2004 (He was then National Director of Fisheries) to join the Fisheries Department at FAO Headquarters where he served as Head of Service Chief of the Fisheries International Institution and Liaison Service/Secretary of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI). Transferred to the DRC in June 2009 as FAO Representative until the end of 2015, he returned to his first love with FAO in 2016 for his current position. DR NDIAGA GUEYE PROFILE 16
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30 May 2024 - Day 1 SESSIONS (A)Climate Change: Implications for Aquaculture and Its Sustainability Time: 13:00-14:00 Presenters: • Dr. Etornyo Agbeko • Dr. Emmanuel Mensah Moderator: Dr. Christian Larbi Ayisi (B)Innovating Aquaculture: Unveiling Our Startup’s Time: 14:00-15:00 Presenters: • Mr. Frank Owusu • Ms. Elizabeth Oluwatosin Bammeke • Mr. Luther Jesse Quarshie Moderator: Dr. Collins Prah Duodu (C )The role of stakeholders in controlling the rising fish feed cost Time: 15:00-17:00 Panel: • Mr. Jacque Magnee • Mr. Wisdom Abodakpi • Dr. Lawrence Arhia • Dr. Anim Somuah Moderator: Dr. Collins Prah Duodu 18
31 May 2024 - Day 2 SESSIONS (D) Is Ghana ready for Recirculating Aquaculture System, Biofloc, and Aquaponics? Time: 09:00-10:00 Presenters: • Dr.Naga Murali • Dr. Shadrack Amponsah Moderator: Dr. Christian Larbi Ayisi (E) The Blue Food Partnership Ghana Initiative: Sharing Solutions, Lessons learned and next steps Time: 10:00 -10:30 Presenter: Dr. Collins Prah Duodu (F) Aquaculture Risk Management and the Role of Insurance Time: 10:30-11:30 Presenters: • Mr. Evans Danso • Portia Aboabea Anom Moderator: Dr. Francis Mensah 19
31 May 2024 - Day 2 SESSIONS (G) Innovative Aquaculture Initiatives by Students in Ghana Time: 11:30 -12:00 Presenters: • Barthelomew Nyarko • Edna Akyaa Amo-Duah • Maxine Naa Adoley Allotey Moderator: Getrude Mensah (H) Marketing Farmed Fish Products: Sharing Lessons and next steps Time: 09:00-10:00 Panel: • Ms. Rebecca Avomo Diallo • Mr. Gabriel Lartey • Mr. Michael Israel Moderator: Dr. Eunice Asamoah (G) Student and Youth Forum: Skills requirement for securing a job in the aquaculture industry Time: 10:00-11:00 Panel: • Mr. Paul Ako • Prof. Daniel Adjei-Boateng • Dr. Sam Addo Moderator: Dr. Eunice Asamoah 20
31 May 2024 - Day 2 SESSIONS (I) WISHH Farmers Day Time: 11:00-12:00 Presenter: • John Domozoro • Nana Aba Aggrey • Sofela Sofolabi (K) CEO’s Chat: Exploring the future of Ghana’s Aquaculture Industry Time: 13:00-14:30 Panel: • Mr. Francisco Murilo • Mr. Fred Antwi Boadu • Mr. Wisdom Abodakpi • Mr. Anders Nielsen Moderator: Dr. Issaka Lawerh Tetteh (L) Aquaculture Financing: Improving the financing gap for aquaculture Time: 14:30-16:30 Panel: • Mr. Ben Turkson • Mr. Mustapha Shaibu Moderator: Dr. Issaka Lawerh Tetteh 21
SUCCESSFUL CAPTIVE BREEDING AND CULTURE OF COPTODON DISCOLOR FROM LAKE BOSOMTWE 12:30 – 12:50 Margaret O. Boatemaa OCCURRENCE OF MYCOBACTERIA IN GHANAIAN AQUACULTURE: REGIONAL VARIANCES AND SPECIES DIVERSITY 12:50 – 1:10 Koney Tabitha ANTIBIOTIC RESIDUES IN FISH AND POND WATER: AN INSIGHT INTO ANTIBIOTIC USE IN GHANAIAN AQUACULTURE. 1:10 – 1:30 Akuffo-Lartey Nanabea MOLECULAR INVESTIGATION OF MAJOR VIRAL PATHOGENS OF THE GIANT TIGER SHRIMP PENAEUS MONODON (FABRICIUS, 1798) ALONG THE COAST OF GHANA 1:30 – 1:50 Philip K. Banini COMPARATIVE GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND PROFITABILITY OF SINGLE AND CO-NURSING OF NILE TILAPIA, OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS AND AFRICAN CATFISH, CLARIAS GARIEPINUS FINGERLINGS IN HAPA-IN-POND SYSTEM 1:50 – 2:10 Dr. Francis Anani EFFECT OF FEEDING INTERVAL ON THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE, FEED UTILIZATION AND FAECAL LOAD OF NILE TILAPIA, OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS 2:10 – 2:30 Lilian Josephine Arthur COMBINED EFFECTS OF BUTYL HYDROXYTOLUENE AND VITAMIN C ON THE GROWTH PERFORMANCE, BLOOD BIOCHEMISTRY, AND ANTIOXIDATIVE STATUS OF COMMON CARP (CYPRINUS CARPIO) 2:30 – 2:50 Menna Kandeel EFFECTS OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION OF CHROMOLAENA ODORATA LEAVES PASTE ON THE GROWTH AND REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS OF CLARIAS GARIEPINUS ADULT 2:50 – 3:10 Dr. Adegbesan Sherifat Ibidunni DAY 01 30 MAY 2024 ORAL PRESENTATION
GROWTH, IMMUNITY AND INCIDENCE OF COST OF AFRICAN CATFISH CLARIAS GARIEPINUS FED NON-PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI METABOLITESBASED-DIETS 3:10 – 3:30 Dr. Samuel Umma BIO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENTS OF NOVEL AQUAFEED SOFTWARE ON NILE TILAPIA (OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS) RAISED IN RECIRCULATORY AQUACULTURE SYSTEM 3:30 – 3:50 Dr. Oluyemi Gbadamosi EFFECTS OF COMMERCIAL DIETARY PROBIOTICS ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND DISEASE RESISTANCE OF THE NILE TILAPIA FINGERLINGS IN GHANA 3:50 – 4:10 Anyan Kofi Ferni GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF COMPOSITE NURSING OF NILE TILAPIA (OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS) AND AFRICAN CATFISH (CLARIAS GARIEPINUS) FINGERLINGS IN HAPA-INPOND SYSTEM 4:10 – 4:30 Dr. Francis Anani ARTIFICIAL FERTILIZATION IN MALE AFRICAN CATFISH (CLARIAS GARIEPINUS): CHALLENGES AND THE USE OF NON-LETHAL METHOD FOR MILT REMOVAL 4:30 – 4:50 Tracy Asare ASSESSMENT OF SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS FINGERLINGS (AKOSOMBO STRAIN) SUPPLIED TO FARMERS FROM ARDEC - A CASE FOR POLICY RETHINKING 4:50 – 5:10 Mercy Johnson Eshun EFFECTS OF FREQUENCY OF EGGS AND FRY HARVEST ON SEED PRODUCTION AND GROWTH OF NILE TILAPIA 5:10 – 5:30 Dr. Amos Asase
DAY 02 31 MAY 2024 ORAL PRESENTATION ENHANCING THE SURVIVAL OF THE AFRICAN BONY-TONGUE (HETEROTIS NILOTICUS) FRY THROUGH TRANSPORT AND HUSBANDRY TECHNIQUES 12:30 – 12:50 Prince Ofori-Darkwah INVITRO INHIBITORY EFFECT OF ANTIBIOTICS AND GUAVA LEAF EXTRACT ON BACILLUS INFANTIS GH-SA II AND AEROMONAS JANDAEI GH-SA II ISOLATES FROM NILE TILAPIA 12:50 – 1:10 Dr. Emmanuel Abarike SYNCHRONOUS AIR-BREATHING BEHAVIOUR OF THE AFRICAN SHARPTOOTH CATFISH (CLARIAS GARIEPINUS) IN RESPONSE TO SIMULATED AVIAN PREDATION 1:10 – 1:30 Clara Abena Mensah Boateng IN VITRO AND IN VIVO ACTIVITY OF HERBAL AND CHEMICAL TREATMENTS AGAINST SAPROLEGNIA FERAX- A CAUSATIVE AGENT FOR SAPROLEGNIASIS 1:30 – 1:50 Mabel Ackah CO-INFECTION OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS SCIURI AND ACINETOBACTER JUNII IN CLARIAS GARIEPINUS IN MORSO, ASHANTI REGION; A CASE REPORT 1:50 – 2:10 Dr. Stanley Hughes Obresi AIR-BREATHING BEHAVIOUR IN THE EARLY LIFE STAGES OF HETEROTIS NILOTICUS: RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN OXYGEN, TEMPERATURE AND EXERCISE REGIMES 2:10 – 2:30 Henry Adjei Owusu RELATEDNESS OF HYPOXIA AND HYPERTHERMIA TOLERANCES IN THE NILE TILAPIA (OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS) AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH CARDIORESPIRATORY TRAITS. 2:30 – 2:50 Jeslyn Akrokoh ANTIBIOTIC PROFILING OF NILE TILAPIA OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS AMONG GRAM-POSITIVE AND GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA ISOLATES 2:50 – 3:10 Jedida O. Bediako
EFFECTS OF TREATED WASTEWATER ON BEHAVIOUR AND GROWTH OF THE AFRICAN CATFISH CLARIAS GARIEPINUS 3:10 – 3:30 Gideon Ato Yamoah ADAPTIVE MECHANISM OF NILE TILAPIA (OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS) EXPOSED ON UNIONIZED AMMONIUM (UIA) 3:30 – 3:50 Stephen Gyamfi IMPACT OF WATER EXCHANGE IN AERATED AND NON-AERATED TANKS FOR GROWING NILE TILAPIA FRY IN TANKS 3:50 – 4:10 Nana Aba Aggrey INNOVATION FOR SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT (ISSAD): IMMUNOMODULATORY AND PROPHYLACTIC APPLICATIONS OF BACTERIAL EXTRACELLULAR (BIOACTIVE MOLECULES (EBMS) 4:10 – 4:30 Dr. Patrick Senam Kofi Satsi ASSESSMENT OF AWARENESS OF FISH FARMERS ON LAKE VOLTA ON THE IMPORTANCE OF VETERINARY SERVICES TO THEIR INDUSTRY 4:30 – 4:50 Dr. Patrick Bene-Bediako COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF PROPOFOL AS AN IMMERSION OR INJECTABLE INTRAVENOUS ANAESTHETIC FOR THE AFRICAN CATFISH, CLARIAS GARIEPINUS 4:50 – 5:10 Fafanyo Kelvin THE AQUACULTURE-MEDIATED INTRODUCTION OF THE NILE TILAPIA (OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS) INTO LAKE BOSOMTWE: THE ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS VERSUS SOCIOECONOMIC BENEFITS 5:10 – 5:30 Mighty Adanu Atobra-Dzebu
PREVALENCE, INTENSITY AND ABUNDANCE OF ECTOPARASITES IN TILAPIA CAGE FARMS ON THE VOLTA LAKE, GHANA Abigail Amankwah BEHAVIOUR AND FREQUENCY OF AGGRESSION IN THE NILE TILAPIA OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS FOLLOWING MIRROR SIMULATION OR LIVE OPPONENT TESTS Harriya Musah-Yussif IMPACTS OF ACUTE BLADDER SNAIL (PHYSELLA ACUTA) ON NILE TILAPIA (OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS) FINGERLINGS IN AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION Yaa Tuffour REGIONAL VARIATION IN PREVALENCE AND DIVERSITY OF BACTERIA SPECIES IN CATFISH FROM THE NORTHERN SECTOR, GHANA Dr. Theodore Kyere Owuani FUNCTIONAL FEEDING TRAITS AND FECUNDITY AS PREDICTORS OF INVASIVE SUCCESS OF THE INTRODUCED NILE TILAPIA, OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS IN LAKE BOSOMTWE, GHANA(KNUST) Wonder Sackey PRELIMINARY PATHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF INTEGRATED CULTURE OF AFRICAN CATFISH (CLARIAS GARIEPINUS) WITH WATER LETTUCE PISTIA STRATIOTES Cecil Qae EFFECT OF DIETARY LIPID COMPOSITION ON THE SURVIVAL AND GROWTH OF AFRICAN BONYTONGUE (HETEROTIS NILOTICUS) FRY Asare Bediako Javis IDENTIFICATION OF BACTERIAL PATHOGENS IN AQUACULTURE: A STUDY IN GREATER ACCRA AND EASTERN REGIONS OF GHANA Tettey Naa Shika FISH CAGE CULTURE IN SMALL WATER BODIES IN NORTH EAST REGION OF GHANA Giulia Zane POSTER PRESENTATION 26
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29 AWARDS PROGRAM Date: Friday May, 2024 Venue: World Trade Center - Accra Welcome to the Aquaculture Ghana 2024 Awards Night! We are excited to celebrate the achievements of our outstanding individuals, companies and organizations tonight. Here is a rundown of the program for the evening. Drink Reception……………………………………………………………………...…........................................................................17:40 - 18:30 Guests take their seats………………………………………………….....................................................................................18:30 - 18:40 Remarks by the Chair of Aquaculture Ghana Awards 2024: Mr.Fred Antwi-Boadu-Executive Director Fisheries Commission……………………………………...................................……………………………….......…18:40 - 18:50 Call for Dinner ………………………………………….....................................................................………………………................18:50 - 19:00 Dinner Served ……………………………………………………………………........................................................................…..…. 19:00 - 20:10 Address by the Awards Committee Chair: Dr. Winnie Sowah …………...................…………….........20:10 - 20:15 Presentation of Awards …………………………………………………………………...............................................................20:15 - 21:00 Keynote Speech by Special Guest of Honor Mr. Ziad Hamoui…………………….......................……….21:00 - 21:10 Presentation of Aquaculture Cage farm of the Year Award………………………………......................…21:10 - 21:20 Closing remarks by the Aquaculture Ghana Awards 2024 Chair…………..................……………... 21:20 - 21:30 Group Photo………………………………………………………………….……….......................................................................……...21:30 - 21:40 End of Awards Night……………………………………………………………..............................................................................................21:40 Host: Emma Davies-Multi Media Group Dress code: Formal/Semi-Formal/Traditional We hope you have a wonderful time and enjoy the celebration! HOST Emma Davies is a journalist with the Multimedia Group Limited’s business desk since 2020 specializing in agriculture reportage. She shares in the ideology that agriculture is the backbone of any economy provided the right investments are made. She hopes that Ghana’s agricultural sector will adapt to the growing digital economy as science is the game changer for development. She is the 2022 GJA Business/Economics Reporter of the Year and 2022 Aquaculture Journalist of the Year. Before joining the Multimedia Group, she worked with the Daily Guide Network. Emma holds a Bachelor of Arts - Communication Studies (Major in Journalism) from the Ghana Institute of Journalism.
Best Aquaculture Ghana Exhibitor 2024 TBC Start Up Award Agrimercarb Lartman Farms Nutrio-Agribusiness Female Aquapreneur of The Year Mary Dzidzornu Sekafa Elizabeth Oluwatosin Bammeke Rising Star of the Aquaculture Industry Gabriel Lartey of Lartman Farms Aquaculture Journalist of The Year Caleb Ahinakwah Gifty Manye Gabriel Lartey Aquaculture Researcher of the Year Dr. Emmanuel Tetteh-Doku Ing. Dr. Shadrack Kwadwo Amponsah Aquaculture Input Supplier of the Year Kiamey Farms Akriset Special Honor Awards TBC Aquaculture Innovation and Technology Award Aquamet Agrimercarb Wontesy Ventures Outstanding Contributor to the Aquaculture Industry in Ghana Mr.Benjamin Turkson CSIR-Water Research Institute Ranaan Fish Feed West Africa Collaboration Awards Flosell Farm and World Initiative for Soy in Human Health(WISHH) Emerging Fish Feed Company of the Year TBC Corporate Social Responsibility Award Koudijs Tropo Farms Flosell Farms Aquaculture Sustainability Award Agrimercarb Wontesty Ventures Pumptech Ghana Limited Aquaculture Marker of the Year TBC Outstanding Fish Feed Company of the Year Ranaan Fish Feed West Africa Koudijs Ghana Limited Aquaculture Cage Farm of the Year TBC 2024 AWARDS FINANLISTS
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The Blue Food Partnership (BFP) is led by the Friends of Ocean Action, a platform of the World Economic Forum. It has produced the Global Sustainable Aquaculture Roadmap (GSAR) to help guide the sustainable growth of aquaculture through four transformative pathways: responsible production, better livelihoods, healthy consumption, and an enabling environment. At the country level, the recommendations of the GSAR are being put into action through the BFP Ghana Initiative with the secretariat hosted by the by the Chamber of Aquaculture Ghana, to encourage the sustainable growth aquaculture in Ghana with an industry focus. The BFP Ghana initiative by the end of the pilot phase, employed diverse strategies to enhance collaboration and sustainability in the aquaculture sector. The initiative established a 49-member multistakeholder partnership platform with leading actors of the Ghana’s aquaculture industry as members. The BFP Ghana initiative developed an Action Plan through a comprehensive process, including a landscape analysis, a sector priorities survey, webinars and workshops. So far, two Task Forces of relevant Initiative members have been entrusted with implementing the Action Plan, engaging with stakeholders and developing solutions. The first Task Force focused on Fish Health and Data Quality Management, aimed to assess needs in terms of data gaps and innovations around fish disease management and facilitating knowledge sharing on data management technologies. A needs assessment, offering valuable insights into how the aquaculture industry addresses and monitors fish disease and suggesting improvements for future prevention was developed by this Task Force. The second Task Force concentrated on Product Awareness of farmed blue foods, aiming to raise awareness and education on food safety, sustainability, and nutrition among producers, processors, retailers, food service providers, distributors and consumers. This Task Force has developed a business and events management plan for an annual Farmed Fish Festival in partnership with industry stakeholders. If you would like to engage with us on our ongoing work in these two pathways for action towards the sustainable growth of aquaculture, please +233553685044 or email: info@ chamberofaquaculture.com as we would welcome any new partnerships, insights, and resources. THE BLUE FOOD PARTNERSHIP GHANA INITIATIVE