ISSN: 2578-4994
Authors: Asmamaw B*, Berisa L and Shitaw T
A study was conducted on post-harvest loss and other fishery-related activities at Alwero reservoir in Abobo district. Semistructured questionnaires and focus group discussions were used to gather basic and primary information. The amount of fish catch per single trip was varied from 20kg to 60kg, with an average of 30.350±16.760. However, a considerable amount of fish is lost due to high ambient temperature, shortage of storage facilities, lack of quality fishing gear and transportation. The loss per single trip is 6.780kg of different fish species, which is about 22% of the total catch in a year. The abundance and diversity of fish species in the reservoir are highly threatened. Therefore, a holistic approach to solving at least some of the existing causes of post-harvest loss in the reservoir is badly needed.
Keywords: High Temperature; Overfishing, Storage; Transportation
