Dr. Miriam Yayra Ameworwor is a research scientist in the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division of the CSIR-Water Research Institute. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences from the University of Cape Coast and a Master of Philosophy degree in Fisheries Science from the University of Ghana. Her PhD, also in Fisheries Science was obtained from the University of Cape Coast.

She is passionate about fisheries management and fisheries ecological issues. Her expertise includes fisheries management, fisheries ecology, fish biology. Her research focus is in areas related to gender in fisheries, sociocultural practices and fisheries management, fisheries ecological interactions with fishing gears and methods, microplastics in fish, fish reproduction, and impacts of cage culture on wild fish populations. She has participated in projects including Leverhulme Royal Society Africa Project, USAID/UCC Fisheries and Coastal Management Capacity Building Support Project and the UNESCO- Clean Oceans Project.  

List of Publications

• Ameworwor, M.Y., T.D. Mensah, Toboli, B. M., R. Asmah and Aggrey-Fyn, J. (2026). Characteristics and species composition of the bottom-set gillnet fishery in three communities on the central coast of Ghana. Journal of Ghana Science Association 23(2), 84–91.
• Bruce-Vanderpuije, P., Asmah, R., Ameworwor, M. Y., Hotor, D.W., Lars Hildebrandt, L., Profrock , D., Ebinghaus, R., Zaid, H., Norvimagbe, I. C., Asante, K. A., Akuetteh Nunoo, A., and Osei-Atweneboana, M. Y. (2025). Quantitative assessment of microplastics in fish from the Gulf of Guinea, Ghana, using LDIR spectroscopy: Implications for marine food safety and health risk evaluation. Journal of Environmental Pollution 379 (2025) 126518. DOI:10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126518
• Ameworwor, M. Y., E.T.D. Mensah, A. M. Adakpeya, Y. Asabea, R. Asmah and T. Quarcoopome (2024). Venturing into men’s space: the women fishers of Northern Ghana. Ghana Journal of Science 65(2), 70-79p. DOI:10.4314/gjs.v65i2.6
• Fatsi, S.K., Appiah, E.K., Kawai, K., Asmah, R., Oppong, B.B., Magna, E.K., Hashem, S., Addo, A., Kusorgbor, J.K., Bawah, J., Obeng, A.K., Quansah, L., Saba, C.K.S., Quansah, C.R., Setufe, S.B., Adu‑Nti, F., Ameworwor, M.Y., Anani, F.A., Saito, H., Johnson‑Ashun, M., Osei, L.K., Agbeko, E., and Agyakwah, S.K. (2024). Immunomodulation and Humoral Immune Response in Teleost Immunized with Aeromonas‑Derived Antigenic Extracellular Bioactive Molecules Immunomodulation and Humoral Immune Response in Teleost Immunized with Aeromonas‑Derived Antigenic Extracellular Bioactive Molecules. Indian J Microbiol. DOI: 10.1007/s12088-024-01254-1
• Ameworwor, M. Y., Aggrey-Fyn, J. and Clottey, M. N.K. (2023). Implications of Socio-cultural Practices on Fisheries Management: A Case of the Bottom-set Gillnet Fishery in the Central Region of Ghana. Ghana Journal of Science 64(1), 41-48p. DOI: 10.4314/gjs.v64i1.5
• Ameworwor, M. Y., Asmah, R., Ofori-Danson, P.K. and Clottey, M. N. K., (2019). Enhancing local fish production through cage aquaculture on the Volta Lake: Impacts on capture fisheries. Journal of Fisheries and Coastal Management 1 (1), 1–6. DOI: 10.5455/jfcom.20190313031430.
• Clottey, M.N.K., Asmah, R., Ofori-Danson, P. K., Ameworwor, M. Y. and Karikari, A.Y. (2016). Impacts of cage culture on physico-chemical and bacteriological water quality in Lake Volta, Ghana. African Journal of Aquatic Science, 41(4), 473-480, DOI: 10.2989/16085914.2016.1255587

  Conference Presentations

• Ameworwor, M.Y., Asmah, R., Mensah, E.T., Acheampong Addo, A., Akuamoah-Boateng, A. (2025). Assessing the water quality of small reservoirs: Implications for cage aquaculture (Paper presentation). 34th Biennial Conference of the Ghana Science Association Tamale, 23^rd -25^th September, 2025.
• Mensah, E. T-D., Asmah, R., Appiah, S., Zane, G., Ameworwor, M., and Addo, A. (2025). Profitability of pilot cage fish culture in small reservoirs in Northern Ghana (Paper presentation). World Aquaculture Safari 2025 Conference, Kampala, Uganda, 24^th – 27^th June, 2025
• Ameworwor, M.Y., Asmah, R., Mensah, E.T., Acheampong Addo, A., Akuamoah-Boateng, A. (2024). Assessing the aquaculture potential of small reservoirs: a case of the North-East Region of Ghana (Paper presentation). Aquaculture Ghana 2024 Conference, Accra 30^th – 31^st May, 2024
• Ameworwor, M.Y., Blay, J. and Aggrey-Fynn, J. (2019). Characteristics of the bottom set gillnet fishery in the Central Region of Ghana (Paper presentation). 2^nd Conference on Fisheries and Coastal Environment, Accra, 19^th-21^st August 2019.
• Ameworwor, M.Y., Clottey, M.N.K., Asmah, R. and Ofori-Danson, P.K. (2017). The influence of cage culture on fish relative abundance and species diversity in the Volta Lake Stratum II (Poster presentation). Coastal and Ocean Environment Summer School, Accra, 31^st – 4^th August 2017.

Edited Research Reports

• Bruce-Vanderpuije, P. N. A., Asmah, R., Asante, K. A., Ameworwor, M. Y., Hotor, D., Zaid, H., Agbeti, M, ……. (2022) W., (2022). Clean Oceans-Protecting Marine Life, UNESCO/CSIR-WRI. CSIR/WRI/ERR/PNABR/2022/1. pp 25.
• Ameworwor M. Y., Asmah, R., Mensah, E.T.D., and Adakpeya, M. (2022). Freshwater Oyster Fishery Reconnaissance Study in Northern Ghana. CSIR/WRI/ERR/MYA/2022/1. pp 14
• Asmah, R., Mensah, E.T.D., Ameworwor M. Y., Addo, A., Akuamoah-Boateng, A., Agbeti, M. and Darkey, J. (2023) Abundance, Diversity, and Distribution of Plankton and Macroinvertebrates in Four Reservoirs in the North East Region of Ghana and their Implication for Fish Production. CSIR/WRI/ERR/RA/2023/1. pp 23.
• Asmah, R., Mensah, E.T.D., Addo, A., Chrisk, M., Ameworwor M. Y., Akuamoah-Boateng, A., Agbeti, M. and Darkey, J. (2023) Preliminary Environmental Impact Statement for Cage Aquaculture in Community Reservoirs in the North-East Region of Ghana. CSIR/WRI/ERR/RA/2023/2. pp 45.

Current Project

The Fisher Women Project

Funded by the Andrew Carnegie Foundation through the Future Africa Research Leadership Fellowship (FAR-Leaf) II Program. Period: 2025 – 2027