Estimating Profit Efficiency of Artisanal Fishing in the Pru District of the Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Constraint</td><td class="align_center">Percent position of constraint</td><td class="align_center">Mean score</td><td class="align_center">Rank</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Finance (access to credit)</td><td class="align_center">8.791667</td><td class="align_center">76</td><td class="align_center">1st</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Unstable prices</td><td class="align_center">14.99702735</td><td class="align_center">70</td><td class="align_center">2nd</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Storm</td><td class="align_center">16.16124</td><td class="align_center">69</td><td class="align_center">3rd</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Seasonality of fishing</td><td class="align_center">20.26771</td><td class="align_center">66</td><td class="align_center">4th</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Perishability</td><td class="align_center">31.97589</td><td class="align_center">59</td><td class="align_center">5th</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td>Source: authors’ computations.<br/></td></tr></table>

Constraints ranked by the artisanal fishers in Pru District.

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Table 4: Estimating Profit Efficiency of Artisanal Fishing in the Pru District of the Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana 