The Director of the Environment and Natural Resource Research Initiative (ENRRI – EfD Ghana), Professor Wisdom Akpalu says illegal transshipment of fish on Ghana's waters which is popularly called 'Saiko' will not stop if offenders are not severely punished. He said the saiko business is very lucrative and that fishers prefer to engage in the illegality and pay less fines than conforming to right methods of fishing. "Crime is business so they compare cost and benefits… so if the cost is less than the benefits, they engage in that," he explained, saying "every criminal is a rational economic being." Presentation Prof. Akpalu was making a presentation during a round table discussion on enforcement of fishing regulation held at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) in Accra on Tuesday, March 9, 2021.