Mr. Richster Nii Amarh Amarfio, Secretary of the Ghana Tuna Association (GTA), said Ghana needs to train fishing crew to boost the activities of the fishery industry.
He said government needed to understand the activities of the fishery industry and how they operated, by setting up training centres for people to specialized in some aspect of the fishery sector, to improve the human resource at the sector, which would help improved the economy of the country and reduced unemployment in the country.
The Tuna Association, which is among five leading producers of Tuna in the world, currently has 37 tuna vessels made up of 20 poles and line and 17 purses seine on the register of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).
Mr. Amarfio, who is also the Director of Operations for Leif Fisheries, stated at the “Ghana News Agency-Tema Regional Industrial News Hub Boardroom Dialogue,” which is a media think-tank platform for commercial and business operators to communicate to the world.
He said the lack of fisheries schools in the country, was a major challenge for stakeholders in the industry as sailors on board vessel needed to be certified by the Regional Maritime University because a lot of safety on board was needed, yet no training for them.
