Report on the Baseline Survey of Small Pelagic Fishing Households along the Ghana Coast.

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SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
PROJECT (SFMP)
Report on the Baseline Survey of Small Pelagic
Fishing Households along the Ghana Coast

June, 2016

Bureau for Integrated Rural Development
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
This publication is available electronically on the Coastal Resources Center’s website at
http://www.crc.uri.edu/projects_page/ghanasfmp/
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: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [email protected]

Citation: Crawford, B., L. Gonzales, D. Amin, B. Nyari-Hardi, & Y.A. Sarpong. (2016)
Report on the Baseline Survey of Small Pelagic Fishing Households along the
Ghana Coast. The USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project
(SFMP) Narragansett, RI: Coastal Resources Center, Graduate School of
Oceanography, University of Rhode Island. GH2014_PGM187_CRC. 122 pp.

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 authors 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 authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the
United States Government.

Cover photo: Person being interviewed for the baseline survey. (Credit: SFMP)
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Detailed Partner Contact Information:
USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP)
10 Obodai St., Mempeasem, East Legon, Accra, Ghana

Brian Crawford Chief of Party [email protected]
Najih Lazar Senior Fisheries Advisor [email protected]
Patricia Mensah Communications Officer [email protected]
Bakari Nyari Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist [email protected]
Don Robadue, Jr. Project Manager, CRC [email protected]
Justice Odoi USAID Administrative Officer Representative [email protected]

Kofi.Agbogah
Thomas Buck
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SSG Advisors
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Hen Mpoano
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Andre de Jager
CEWEFIA
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Elmina, Ghana
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Accra, Ghana
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Daasgift Quality Foundation
Spatial Solutions
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Sekondi, Western Region, Ghana
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Spatial Solutions: http://www.spatialsolutions.co/id1.htm

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Acknowledgements
This report is indebted to efforts of many contributors at various stages. Firstly, let us
commend the efforts of the entire enumeration team (Mac Issahaka Billa, Richard
Amankwah, Damiana Etsey, Nana Sarfoa, Judith Quaye and Richard Octhewemah) for their
tireless commitment during data collection.
We particularly wish to thank District Coordinating Directors and Assemblymen of the
survey districts for their immense support and collaboration during our reconnaissance and
field visits to the survey communities.
This acknowledgement would not be complete if we failed to acknowledge the technical
input and efforts of Najih Lazar, Emmanuel Dolvo and Kofi Agbogah during the initial stage
of the survey planning and the training of enumerators.
The Project also acknowledges the invaluable support chief fishermen of the survey
communities provided to the survey team during data collection, ensuring that community
members were willingly and cooperated with the enumerators during field work.

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Acronyms
ANOVA Analysis of Variance
BIRD Bureau for Integrated Rural Development
CDCS Country Development and Cooperation Strategy
CLaT Child Labor and Trafficking
CR Central Region
DAs District Assemblies
DF Degrees of Freedom
DO Development Objective
FASDP Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector Development Program
FtF Feed the Future
GIS Geographic Information System
GoG Government of Ghana
GPS Geographic Positioning System
HHScore Household Score
ICFGP Integrated Fisheries and Coastal Governance Project of USAID/Ghana
IR Intermediate result
IT Information Technology
IUU Illegal, Unreported or Unregulated
KAP Knowledge, Awareness, and Practices
KNUST Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
KVIP Kumasi Ventilated Improved Pit (latrine)
MOFAD Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development
M&E Monitoring and Evaluation
NS Not significant
PBS Population Based Survey
SFMP Sustainable Fisheries Management Project of USAID Ghana
SMS Smart Messaging System
USAID United States Agency for International Development
WARFP West Africa Regional Fisheries Project
ZOI Zone of Influence

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Table of Contents
Page
Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................... iii
Acronyms ...................................................................................................................................... iv
Table of Contents ...........................................................................................................................v
List of Figures .............................................................................................................................. vii
List of Tables .............................................................................................................................. viii
Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................1
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................6
The Objectives and Scope of the Baseline Survey .................................................................. 6
Report Layout ........................................................................................................................... 6
Project Overview ...................................................................................................................... 7
The USAID SFMP Results Framework ......................................................................... 7
Theory of Change (Development Hypothesis) .............................................................. 9
Profile of the Zone of Influence ............................................................................................ 11
Methodological Overview ............................................................................................................14
Survey Design ......................................................................................................................... 14
Sampling ................................................................................................................................. 16
Distribution of Small Pelagics Fishermen ................................................................... 16
Sample Frame Construction ......................................................................................... 17
Sampled Communities ................................................................................................. 17
Sample Size Calculations ............................................................................................. 18
Allocation of Samples .................................................................................................. 18
Household Sampling .................................................................................................... 19
The survey Instrument ........................................................................................................... 20
Survey Implementation .......................................................................................................... 20
Enumerator Recruitment and Training......................................................................... 20
Pre-testing the Questionnaire ....................................................................................... 21
Field Work ................................................................................................................... 21
Survey Limitations ....................................................................................................... 22
Findings 24
Demographic and Socio-Economic Characteristics of Respondents and their Households25
Household Wealth Indicators ....................................................................................... 25
Individual Characteristics of Respondents ................................................................... 29
Food Security Indicators .............................................................................................. 32
Fishing Household Livelihoods ................................................................................... 34
Perceptions on Quality of Life, Fishing Abundance, Catch and Effort .............................. 39
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Law Enforcement and Regulatory Compliance .................................................................... 42
Perceptions on Illegal Fishing Practices ...................................................................... 43
Knowledge of Fishing Laws ........................................................................................ 44
Perceptions on Deterrence............................................................................................ 47
Perceptions of Legitimacy of the Legal Process .......................................................... 48
Perceptions of Opinion Leaders in Fisheries ............................................................... 50
Perceptions of Child Labor and Trafficking ......................................................................... 52
Attitudes ....................................................................................................................... 52
Prevalence .................................................................................................................... 53
Knowledge ................................................................................................................... 55
Empowerment Index .............................................................................................................. 56
Role in Household Decision making ........................................................................... 57
Access to Productive Capital ....................................................................................... 57
Access to Credit ........................................................................................................... 63
Leadership and Influence in the Community ............................................................... 66
Group Membership ...................................................................................................... 67
Decision Making .......................................................................................................... 69
SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................................71
References .....................................................................................................................................72
Appendix A: Sample Frame .......................................................................................................73
Appendix B: Map of communities with randomized GPS points selected for sampling .....74
Appendix C: Population of districts in the coastal regions .....................................................76
Appendix D: Background on Power Analysis ..........................................................................78
Appendix E: Survey Questionnaire ...........................................................................................86
Informed Consent .................................................................................................................. 86
Material Style of Life ............................................................................................................. 87
Dwelling Characteristics ........................................................................................................ 88
Durable Goods........................................................................................................................ 88
Household Demographics...................................................................................................... 89
Fishing Livelihood ................................................................................................................. 90
Perceptions on Fishing .......................................................................................................... 91
Fishing Practices.................................................................................................................... 92
Household Hunger Scale ....................................................................................................... 97
Women's Dietary Diversity .................................................................................................... 97
Empowerment in Agriculture Index (modified) ................................................................. 100
Role in Household Decision--making around production and income generation .......... 100
Access to Productive Capital................................................................................................ 100
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List of Figures
Figure 1. Graphical Representation of Relationships between SFMP and FtF Results............... 9
Figure 2. Theory of Change showing causal links, sequences of interventions, intermediate
outcomes and impacts, including linkage to USAID, FtF and DO2 intermediate result 11
Figure 3. Map of the Zone of Influence of the SFMP – the Four Marine Coastal Regions in
Ghana and locations of communities surveyed for the baseline ..................................... 12
Figure 4. Map of the Zone of Influence of the SFMP showing the 21 coastal districts ............. 13
Figure 5. Plot of fishing villages ordered by size relative to the cumulative percent of total
small pelagic fishing gears in those villages ................................................................... 17
Figure 6. Location of communities selected for sampling .......................................................... 18
Figure 8. Training of field enumerators ...................................................................................... 20
Figure 9. Enumerator interviewing a respondent in the field with the Samsung tablet where
responses were recorded and then uploaded to the cloud database. ............................... 22
Figure 10. Frequency distribution of the age of respondents...................................................... 29
Figure 11. Number of total livelihood activities per household ................................................. 36
Figure 12. Number of fisheries livelihood activities per household ........................................... 36
Figure 13. Number of non-fisheries livelihoods per household ................................................. 37
Figure 14. Frequency distribution of number of correct responses on fisheries laws ................ 46
Figure 15. Number of motorized canoes owned by those owning fishing boats ........................ 58
Figure 16. Distribution of number of smokers owned ............................................................... 60
Figure 17. Power curves for comparison of two population means assuming independence and
equality of variances. Ten, 4, and 2.5 standard deviations represent effect sizes of 0.2,
0.5 and 0.8 respectively. ................................................................................................. 79
Figure 18. Power curves for unidirectional comparisons of two dependent population means,
assuming a correlation between populations of 0.5. Ten, 4, and 2.5 standard deviations
represent effect sizes of 0.2, 0.5 and 0.8 respectively..................................................... 80
Figure 19. Power curves for comparison of three population means assuming independence.
Ten, 4, and 2.5 standard deviations (RMSE) represent effect sizes of 0.2, 0.5 and 0.8
respectively. .................................................................................................................... 81
Figure 20. Power curves for unidirectional comparisons of two population proportions with a
baseline proportion of 50% (p=0.5). ............................................................................... 82
Figure 21. Power curves for unidirectional comparisons of two population proportions with a
baseline proportion of 20% (p=0.2). ............................................................................... 83
Figure 22. Power curves for unidirectional differences between two dependent population
proportions (x-axis) and power (y-axis) using a fixed sample size of 400 and population
correlation of 0.5, as baseline proportion varies between 10% and 50%. ...................... 84

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List of Tables
Table 1. Population of coastal and non-coastal districts in the coastal regions .......................... 13
Table 2. Number of Fishermen in the Coastal Regions .............................................................. 14
Table 3. Number of fishing villages, landing sites and gear types per coastal region ................ 14
Table 4. Result Areas and Related Impact Assessment Indicators ............................................. 15
Table 5. Sample Frame for communities sampled ...................................................................... 18
Table 6. Number of Fishermen per community sampled ........................................................... 19
Table 7. Number of fishermen per community, target sampling frame and actual numbers
sampled ....................................................................................................................................... 24
Table 8. Gender of respondents .................................................................................................. 25
Table 9. Frequency distribution of respondent household structure - roof ................................. 25
Table 10. Frequency distribution of respondent household structure -walls .............................. 26
Table 11. Frequency distribution of respondent household structure - floors ............................ 26
Table 12. Frequency distribution of respondent household structure - condition ...................... 26
Table 13. Distribution of toilet types among respondent households ......................................... 27
Table 14. Frequency distribution of household water supply ..................................................... 27
Table 15. Frequency distribution of electrical supply among respondent households ............... 27
Table 16. Frequency distribution of household cooking fuel supply .......................................... 28
Table 17. Percent distribution of ownership of durable goods among households surveyed ..... 28
Table 18. Percent distribution of ownership of productive assets among households surveyed 29
Table 19. Descriptive statistics for age of respondent (N=716) ................................................. 29
Table 20. Type of respondents in the household ........................................................................ 30
Table 21. Distribution of religion of respondents ....................................................................... 30
Table 22. Distribution of Ethnic Group of respondents .............................................................. 30
Table 23. Marital status of respondents ...................................................................................... 31
Table 24. Literacy: Can read and write in either English or a local language (N=716) ............. 31
Table 25. Can read and write in either English or the local language compared by marital status
..................................................................................................................................................... 31
Table 26. School attendance by gender ...................................................................................... 31
Table 27. Highest qualification completed by respondent.......................................................... 32
Table 28. Household hunger scale .............................................................................................. 32
Table 29. Comparing literacy and hunger ................................................................................... 32
Table 30. Women’s dietary diversity index ................................................................................ 33
Table 31.Women’s Dietary Diversity Score ............................................................................... 33
Table 32. Percent of SFMP respondents consuming the Women’s Dietary Diversity Score food
groups in a 24hr period ............................................................................................................... 33
Table 33. Percent of SFMP respondents consuming meat and seafood in a 24hr period ........... 34
Table 34: Frequency distribution of livelihood activities per household interviewed ................ 34
Table 35. Most important livelihood activity of household’s surveyed ..................................... 35
Table 36. Second most important livelihood per household ....................................................... 35
Table 37. Mean values for number of livelihood types per household ....................................... 37
Table 38. Comparison by region of livelihood activities per household .................................... 38
Table 39. Percent of households exploiting different types of fish ............................................ 38
Table 40. Most important type of fish exploited per regions ...................................................... 39
Table 41. Perception on Quality of Life: Compared to 5 years ago ........................................... 39
Table 42. Perceptions of change in fish abundance and catch compared to 5 years ago (n=716)
..................................................................................................................................................... 39
Table 43. Perceptions on fish abundance – small pelagic .......................................................... 40
Table 44. Perception of fish abundance, other than small pelagic .............................................. 40
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Table 45. Perceptions of changes in small pelagic fish catch by region ..................................... 40
Table 46. Perceptions of changes in catch of fish other than small pelagics .............................. 41
Table 47. Ease of catching fish near to shore compared to 5 years ago ..................................... 41
Table 48. Time to catch same amount of fish compared to 5 years ago, .................................... 41
Table 49. Amount of fish caught compared to 5 years ago ........................................................ 42
Table 50. Main reasons for the changes mentioned .................................................................... 42
Table 51. Level of illegal light fishing among fishermen compared to 5 years ago................... 43
Table 52. Level of illegal use of fine mesh nets among fishermen compared to 5 years ago .... 43
Table 53. Level of illegal bomb fishing among fishermen compared to 5 years ago ................. 44
Table 54. Level of illegal carbide fishing among fishermen compared to 5 years ago .............. 44
Table 55. Awareness of fishing regulations ................................................................................ 45
Table 56. Scoring on actual knowledge of fisheries laws ........................................................... 45
Table 57. Frequency distribution of correct responses by region ............................................... 46
Table 58. Perception of who is conducting illegal fishing practices (N=474)............................ 47
Table 59. Perception of who is the most frequent illegal actor .................................................. 47
Table 60. Frequency distribution of observing law enforcement officers on the beaches ......... 47
Table 61. Frequency distribution of observing marine patrols at sea ......................................... 48
Table 62. Frequency of interaction with fisheries enforcement officers .................................... 48
Table 63. Frequency distribution of beliefs concerning changes in fish catch if laws obeyed ... 48
Table 64. Likelihood of arrest of a fishermen ............................................................................. 49
Table 65. Likelihood if arrested the person will get fined, have gear confiscated or go to jail .. 49
Table 66. Likelihood if arrested will not go to jail due to interventions of politicians .............. 49
Table 67. Frequency that penalties applied for illegal fishing are adequate to serve as a
deterrence .................................................................................................................................... 50
Table 68. Legitimacy of legal process Moral suasion: what would you do? .............................. 50
Table 69. Who do your respect most? ........................................................................................ 50
Table 70. Perceptions as to whether law enforcement officers ever accept payment to not arrest
a person for illegal fishing .......................................................................................................... 51
Table 71. If ever asked for input on fisheries laws by fisheries commission ............................. 51
Table 72. If ever asked for Input on fishery laws by local government ..................................... 51
Table 73. If ever asked for Input on fishery laws by chief fishermen or traditional leaders ...... 52
Table 74. Who should be involved in making fishery rules ....................................................... 52
Table 75. Perceptions concerning acceptable labor practices acceptable to allow ..................... 53
Table 76. Perceptions of respondents of prevalence of parents allowing children < 15 to go
fishing ......................................................................................................................................... 53
Table 77. Perceptions of respondents of prevalence of parents allowing children < 15 to work
during school hours to smoke fish .............................................................................................. 54
Table 78. Perceptions of respondents of prevalence of parents allowing children < 15 to work
during school to sell fish ............................................................................................................. 54
Table 79. Perceptions of respondents of prevalence of parents taking payments from a person to
take care of child at location outside the community ................................................................. 54
Table 80. Differences between regions in the perceived prevalence of child labor and
trafficking practices .................................................................................................................... 55
Table 81. Knowledge on illegal child labor and trafficking practices ........................................ 56
Table 82. Individual participation in fishing or aquaculture in the last 12 months by gender ... 57
Table 83. Who makes decisions on fishing in the last 12 months .............................................. 57
Table 84. Household ownership fishing boats or gear ................................................................ 57
Table 85. Who owns the fishing boats/gear ................................................................................ 58
Table 86. Ownership of fish smokers ......................................................................................... 59
Table 87. Ownership of fish smokers ......................................................................................... 59
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