For those of you who may have missed it, The Value of African Fish on the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) website provides a fascinating read.
The fisheries sector in Africa employs around 2.1 per cent of her population. About 7.5% of these work with aquaculture, 42.2% are processors and the rest are fishers.
But here is the interesting thing:
Non-African countries account for 25% of marine catches around Africa. This is worth (in theory) “US$3.3 billion, which is eight times higher than the current US$0.4 billion African countries earn from fisheries agreements.” Is this another example of the continent exporting jobs?
The aquaculture in The Agri Handbook can be accessed here.
