In the zone covere-d by the SFLP, Nigeria is the largest producer of fish, ahead of Ghana and Senegal.

 
   

The fisheries sector in brief
 (2002)

National production

 485.119 tons  

Availability of fish  7,6 kg/annum/habitant
Community
Projects
 44
Pilot Projects   0

National Coordinator

M. SHIMANG Gogwim , Acting Director of Fisheries FMAFPD

Operation Officer

S.C. Ekoro

 

 

I/C Focal Point

M. YEKINI BABATUNDE Kolawole

PMB 135, Area II Garki Abuja

Tél. (234) 09 31 44 665
      (234) 09 31 44 664
Fax (234) 09 31 44 662

Email: FAO-NGA@field.fao.org
gshimang@yahoo.com

   
Community Projects
P.C 13: Tiga Dam Management-improved bio-diversity and resource utilisation towards co-management
P.C 40:  Capacity building of Daban Masara Lake fishing community
P.C 41: Support for LIIah women fisherfolk capacity building
 
Institutional Supports  
  Study of the Contribution of Fish Marketing to Livelihoods in the Countries of the Chad Basin: Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic (CAR), Niger, Nigeria.
 

Objective:         To contribute towards a better understanding of the role of fish-marketing in livelihoods in each of the countries of the Chad Basin, including Cameroon, Chad, CAR, Niger and Nigeria, and to make available this new knowledge as a basis from which to guide the policy-formation process and the identification of development interventions relevant to promoting a positive relationship between markets and livelihoods in the future. 

 

Duration:             12 months, approved in September 2002

Beneficiaries: NCU and stakeholders of the fish marketing in the Chad Basin

Budget:             US$ 15.770 (50% transferred to Chad)

What aspect of policy dialogue the project sets out to inform: Through investigating the relationships between the different stakeholders groups and by identifying and reviewing the options for the formulation of new development narratives within government policy, which will promote an improved contribution of fish-marketing to sustainable livelihoods in the Chad Basin in the future.  

Available information on progress:   The institutional support has just been approved. The activities have not yet started.