Commissioner Assures Fish Farmers of Support
NIGERIA - Akwa Ibom State commissioner for agriculture and natural resources, Prof Etok Ekanem, has assured farmers in the state of government support for increased fish production.

Support Needed to Boost Productivity and Potential
NIGERIA - The President of Nigeria's Catfish Farmers Association, Chief Tayo Akingbolagun, says that the government should provide an enabling environment for the business to thrive.

DDC aquaculture project takes off in Abia
NIGERIA - The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has established an Aquaculture programme in Abia State as part of commission’s master plan to develop the Niger Delta Region.

FAO Supports Shrimp Farming in Nigeria
NIGERIA - The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Rome has thrown its weight behind shrimps farming in Nigeria.

Environment At Risk From Expanding Shrimp Sector
NIGERIA - Shrimp may be important to the menu and economy but it is feared that expansion of Nigeria's shrimp farming sector will devastate the environment.

OSOPADEC Disburses N80.9m to Individuals and Cooperatives
NIGERIA - The Ondo State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (OSOPADEC) has in the last one year disbursed N80.9 million to 748 individuals and 11 co-operative societies to promote large-scale fish production.

Lack of fish market stalls fish farming in Zamfara
NIGERIA - People are sceptical in embarking on fish farming in Zamfara state because there are no big hotels, restaurants or fish merchants that can buy the fish in bulk, a fish farmer, Alhaji Isa Na-Allah had said.

'How Nigeria can achieve breakthrough in fish production'
NIGERIA - Nigeria can achieve the desired breakthrough in fish production both for domestic consumption and export if fish farmers can embrace modern techniques in fish cultivation.

NGO Urges Government to Support Fishery
NIGERIA - A Non-Governmental Organisation, International Agric Fair, has urged the government to support fish farmers throughout the country.

Catfish Group tightens feed quality control
NIGERIA - The Catfish Farmers Association of Nigeria (Cafan) has instituted a national Fishfeed Evaluation Committee as part of its efforts to stop the importation, sales and distribution of foul fish feeds in Nigeria.

Nigeria: Flourishing fishing industry
NIGERIA - If there is anyone out there interested in fish farming in Africa, Nigeria is the best place to set up such business. Why? According to findings, Nigeria is the largest Africa aquaculture producer, at 15,489 tones a year. Egypt (5645 tones)...

World Bank Doles Out $32 Million for Fish Farming
NIGERIA - In an effort to boost economic growth and increase access to quality business, the Federal Government of Nigeria has received $32 million from the World Bank, for the production and facilitation of fish farming.

Fish farming, a lucrative, but a delicate business
NIGERIA - Lucky Iyaogeh is a graduate of accountancy, but, rather than accounting, he decided to go into fish farming. He is now Managing Director, EEFarm Ventures, located at Ikotun, a Lagos suburb.

Fish farming now favoured over poultry
NIGERIA - In Nigeria an increasing number of people are turning towards fish farming while poultry production seems to be in decline.

Nigerian Aquaculture Industry Requires Quality Measures
NIGERIA - A glut is appearing in Nigera in as the fisheries sub-sector begins to experience growth in production, writes Olukayode Oyeleye, The Guardian.

Fish Production Attracts N7.5 Billion Investment
NIGERIA - About N7.58 billion has been invested in the Fisheries sub-sector in Nigeria as at 2006, according to President Olusegun Obasanjo.

'How fisheries contribute to food security in Nigeria'
NIGERIA - Deaconess Foluke Omotayo, the national president of Fisheries Society of Nigeria, FISON, in this interview, explains how fisheries contribute to food security in Nigeria. Excerpts:

Rivers remains foremost in fish farming
NIGERIA - The Rivers State Commissioner for Agriculture, Chief Ndubuisi Adikema has stated that Rivers State has remained one of the foremost states in the federation that has encouraged farming, especially fish farming.