Keynote address on production, utilization and marketing in fisheries status and opportunities

Fish production from Nigeria comes mainly from 3 sources, namely - artisans engaged in either part-time or full-time fishing, commercial trawlers fishing in inshore and offshore waters, and fish farming in enclosures (ponds, tanks and raceways). An account is given of the current situation in Nigeria, considering over exploitation of fish, the fish's environment, fish utilization, and fish marketing