The
Ramsar Site is 1200km2 including the eastern bank of the Volta
River and the Togo boarder. The surface area of the principal
lagoon and the seasonal mud flats is over 300km2. The lagoon
supports the largest inland fisheries within the coastal zone
of Ghana.
Other principal economic
activities within the site are shallot farming through irrigated
agriculture, and mats, hats and fan weaving industry from
reeds found along the banks of the lagoon. These products
earn the natives millions of cedis in income. Some of the
mats are exported to neighbouring Togo.
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