Marketing of smoked fish at Elmina

Abstract

Fish smoking at Elmina has not been able to attract young women. The enterprise is largely in the hands of fairly old people. Almost all the smokers have off-season engagements, the trigger fish industry providing an important off-season employment. Total volume of fish smoked per season varies considerably between the women depending upon the type and gravity of constraints faced. The major constraints facing the smokers include limited funds for the purchase of fresh fish, fuel and for hiring labour, secondly, the shortage of labour during the season and thirdly the lack of space for space for the construction of more smoking and storage kilns