^1* Department of Fisheries and Water Resources, University
of Energy and Natural Resources, Box 214, Sunyani, Ghana. 

² Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences, University
of Ghana, Box LG 25, Legon, Ghana.

³ Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences, University
of Ghana, Box LG 25, Legon, Ghana. Email: 

⁴ Australian National Centre for
Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.

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