Fishing and Livelihood; UNIMAC-IJ Project

Teams are always the best when everyone puts in a little effort to help up with the work. This was a great team consisting of 7 females and two males. With our collective efforts, we came with up findings on the causes of climate change, the effects on fishing and the mitigation and adaptation of the impacts of climate change on fishing.  Sonia Nakie Kumah - Producer As a producer, she was responsible for seeing to it that all aspects of the project is done. She saw to it that we had the right story ideas and story line for our project. Again she engaged everyone actively in ensuring that articles are good for publication. Also she was responsible for all post on our Instagram and twitter accounts and also designed the flyers for our xspace and podcasts. She was also a part of the research team when it came to drafting suitable questions for our podcast and also had the first interview session of our podcast. Comfort Blankson - Assistant Producer As the assistant producer, her job ...

https://www.tiktok.com/@climatechange_fishing?_t=8huNNZ1W7nS&_r=1 https://instagram.com/climatechange_fishing?igshid=YTQwZjQ0NmI0OA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr https://x.com/climatechafish/status/1731746820819230889?s=46 SCRIPT The impact of climate change on fishing In the harsh weather conditions posed by climate change, fishermen have left their boats offshore because the temperatures have become very hot making fishing difficult. The high rising sea levels as a cause of climate change makes fishing very difficult and sometimes fishermen do not go to sea at all as the sea levels keep rising. This makes it dangerous to be on sea. Fishermen now come back from their shipping expeditions with empty boats and are forced to pull off their nets onto the shores. At other times where there are fishes, these fishermen put their catch into barrels when on sea and offload them when they get onshore. Women and men who depend solely on fish smoking and fish selling for survival gath...

By Fosuaa Akua Winnifred Photo credit: Dorothy Quansah Time past, some Ghanaian fisher folks could  predict weather changes using traditional methods, such as putting their feet in the sand and observing the clouds to forecast the weather changes. Today, applying such traditional methods are gradually proving to be obsolete in the face of a rapidly changing climate.  According to world resource institute, Ghana per capita consumption of fish is 22 kg per year which is equivalent to 15 per cent of protein derived from fish. Statistics from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) indi­cate that approximately 43.5 million people work directly in the sector, with 10 million people benefiting from employment in the sector. Locally, Ghana’s fisheries sector is one of the key sectors supporting the country’s economic development, food security and supporting local livelihoods. However, in 2020, fishing in Ghana contribut­ed close to GH¢1.6 billion or about $ 2...

                                                                                                                            EPISODE ONE Impact of climate change on fishing EPISODE 2 Mitigation and adaptation of the impact of climate change on fishing EPISODE THREE The causes of climate change and it's effects on fishing   FISHING AND LIVELIHOOD PODCAST CALANDER PODCAST NAME EPIS NO TOPIC HOST GUEST PODCAST TYPE RELEASED DATE PODCAST STATUS TOTAL TIME RECORDED   FISHING AND LIVELIHOOD 1 IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON FISHING    ...