@article{Asiamah:334089,
      recid = {334089},
      author = {Asiamah, Ebenezer and Oduro-Yeboah, Charlotte and Mboom,  Frank Peget and Atter, Amy and Idun-Acquah, Nancy Nelly and  Nkansah, Jessica},
      title = {Assessment of the volume of seafood waste generation,  utilization and management system from selected seafood  processing companies in Ghana: A case study},
      journal = {African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and  Development},
      address = {2022},
      year = {2022},
      abstract = {Seafood waste has gained attention globally due to its  increasing demand and negative impact on the environment.  Survey work was conducted because Ghana has a significant  number of commercial seafood processing industries but  documentation on seafood waste is limited. The objective of  this survey was to gain an insight into the volume of  seafood waste generation, utilization and management system  in seafood processing companies. Specifically, the study  was to identify bottlenecks in the reuse of waste from  seafood processing companies, quantify the seafood waste  and determine the composition of the seafood waste  generated. This study evaluated seafood waste from ten  seafood processing companies situated in Tema, Effutu,  Takoradi and Accra Metropolis in Ghana. Production and  Quality Assurance managers from on-shore seafood processing  companies were interviewed using a semi structured  interview schedule (SSIS). These seafood processing  companies have been in existence for between one to forty  years. The highest proportion (40%) of the companies have  been in existence for six to ten years. The companies which  were in operation for a period of twenty to twenty-five  years accounted for 20%. Most (80%) of these processing  companies processed prawns, octopus, lobsters, grouper,  catfish, whereas a minority (20%) processed tuna seafood. A  majority (80%) of the surveyed processing companies did not  process the waste generated. The remaining percentage  occupied a production volume ranging from 10-50 tons of raw  fish production. A large portion of the waste generated was  from grouper (60%) with the least being tuna (11%). Survey  results revealed that the companies did not process their  seafood waste because of the unavailability of processing  equipment and lack of knowledge on the seafood waste  value-added products. Another challenge confronting seafood  waste management was the absence of management policy to  regulate it. It can be concluded that the 60% of the  surveyed companies generated seafood waste and there is a  need for steps to be taken to reduce it. The study revealed  that there were no laws in Ghana that controlled the reuse  of seafood waste. It is recommended that a holistic seafood  waste reduction approach must be established between actors  in the fishing and seafood processing sector. This study  could be a driving tool to improve the seafood waste  management system in Ghana.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/334089},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.112.21745},
}