₦airaland Forum

Earthbound:
Wasted resources. Upon our large coastline, the largest in West Africa, we're importing this much.


If you're familiar with vessels coming into the Lagos Harbor, you'd know at least once every two weeks there's a vessel with at least 5000 metric tons of frozen fish from Europe discharged at the port.

D LARGEST IN WEST AFRICA?, I DON'T THINK SO. I BELIEVE THAT TITLE BELONGS TO D MAURITIANS

Nobody wants to do the dirty work of going deep into the seas to gather schools of fish.

[quote author= post=67858544]Importation of fish into the country should be banned ASAP.
The local production from artisanal fishing, aquaculture and industrial captures estimated at about 800,000 metric tonnes, accounts for only 30 per cent of the total annual fish demand estimated at 2.7million metric tonnes, if importation is banned it will encourage the local fishermen to support the Federal Government’s economic diversification policy.[/quote]Why do you peole like to regurgitate nonsense. How has banning inportatio worked so far? Since cars were banned how many car factories have sprung up? you honestly believe this will work?

buchilino:
D LARGEST IN WEST AFRICA?, I DON'T THINK SO. I BELIEVE THAT TITLE BELONGS TO D MAURITIANS

Those are the programmed automatons who believe everything is in Nigeria. Largest country in the world, they will tell you Nigeria. Richest country in the world they will tell you Nigeria.

Jaqenhghar:
Why do you peole like to regurgitate nonsense. How has banning inportatio worked so far? Since cars were banned how many car factories have sprung up? you honestly believe this will work?

I'm only talking about the agriculture sector bro.

Babastag:
There are fishing companies who fish at our coast lines unchecked. We need to curb that and then go into fishing in large scale not with canoe.

Ya some of these fish been imported into Nigeria are actually from Nigeria.

[quote author= post=67859597]I'm only talking about the agriculture sector bro.[/quote]same here. Agric and all other sectors. Banning is not the solution brother. You cant be an agricultural juggernaut by practising peasant farming. Truth is we cant produce enough when farmers are still using hoes. Even the skinny miserable cows these fulanis are beating their chest and slaughtering people over aint worth shìt. Its only Nigerians that enjoy eating those cows. You cant export it and they cant produce enough milk

She was only able to identify what the problem is with no concrete solution. Now we ought to be talking about zero tax on importation of Aquaculture input starting from the important fish meal she mentioned. What we basically need is a way to further encourage by boosting local production of fish. Make forex available for anything we have to bring in as an input for aquaculture. This is Nigeria, we can start quite alright but not thinking we can have reliable fish meal ourselves down here with our attitude.

are you telling me the rivers in our niger delta states are now empty of fishes? what about those who have ponds of cat fishes. .na wa o

Jaqenhghar:
same here. Agric and all other sectors. Banning is not the solution brother. You cant be an agricultural juggernaut by practising peasant farming. Truth is we cant produce enough when farmers are still using hoes. Even the skinny miserable cows these fulanis are beating their chest and slaughtering people over aint worth shìt. Its only Nigerians that enjoy eating those cows. You cant export it and they cant produce enough milk

You have made a very good point here.
I reason with you.

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let them continue to import. when hardworking Nigerians suffer and rare this fishes, poultry products included, some wicked people will come and price it in a way that will make you begin to wonder if you are cursed. the government need to set up a consolidated pricing mechanism to protect farmers from low prices that are sometimes even lower than cost of production.

dareyyyy:
It appears there's nothing we don't import in this country. Smh

I am glad you reasoned this way.

That simply explains why there aren't so many jobs.

We import virtually everything and that's what the current administration has been making effort to reverse.

We must get our people to start engaging productively in these areas, especially in the riverine places of the Niger Delta.

Norway has oil and fishing sectors whereby most of Norway source of budget financing is from fishing sectors. One of the best course in Norway is fishery related studies. Here we have one old man that refuse to know his left from right even compelling him to adopt ranching of livestock is difficult task

It's a bait. Look before you invest anyway

I am not sure I ate in that 288 billion fish. Which kind nigeria be this one. When will I ever benefit anything from this government sef. Military plz take over. We no do democracy again. Dis democracy just Dey enrich people so tay. Dem import fish 288 billion naira and I didn’t eat in it. It is like APC have really open our eyes. I don’t want anymore

Lol this isn't a surprise. When i post stories about illegal fishing nobody makes correlation. The other issue is maritame sector is undeveloped. The solution isnt to ban fish but to improve our domestic production. First revive the fishing terminals like one in Akwa Ibom. Then fisheries shiuld be encouraged. If you offer inxentives to food processors on cast you could builf industry.

We have things like NEPZ that provably offers incentives.

[quote author= post=67859964]You have made a very good point here.
I reason with you.[/quote]Thanks Boss

supereagle:
What happened to the Atlantic Ocean of Nigeria? We didn't have visionary government in the past. They were only interested in looting Nigeria dry.

Idiot, so we now have visionary government?
Have you been given your 500 fee?

edunwablog:
Following ongoing effort by the federal government to diversify the nation’s economy, it has emerged that Nigeria can save over N288 billion ($800 million) being spent on the importation of fishes annually, if the nation’s deep ocean resources are optimally developed and harnessed.

Director/Head, Fisheries Resources Department, Nigeria Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research, Dr. Parcy Ochuko Obatola, who disclosed this, said Nigeria is naturally endowed with a lot of marine resources.


According to him, these resources have been left untapped over the decades thereby leading to huge economic losses. Research, she further stated that Nigeria consumes about 2million metric tons of fishes every year but can only produce less than 800,000 metric tons domestically thereby necessitating the importation of about 1.2 million metric tons.

She disclosed that over 70 per cent of the fishes domestically supplied are produced by small scale fishermen whose activities litter the coast line.

“Right now when we look at the demand and supply of fishes in Nigeria, there is still a huge deficit. The demand is almost three million metric tons per annum. The supply is about two million metric tons and there is still a deficit of over one million including those imported and those produced within this country. We are producing about 800,000 metric tons in Nigeria.

So we can see the reason we actually need to carry out activities when it comes to blue economy.
“Most of the fisheries that are exploited in Nigeria are done at the inshore waters and have consequently put a lot of pressure on the resources and negatively impacted the ecosystem via indiscriminate pollution, water contamination and other forms of illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing otherwise known as IEUs. This has translated into a situation where there are lesser catches and smaller sizes of fishes”, she stressed.

She therefore, called on the government and other stakeholders to help ensure that the activities of the fishermen are regulated and managed while the deep ocean resources are tapped to help reduce pressure on the inshore waters.

Obatola further explained that various surveys conducted by the institute had shown that some rare species of fishes and other marine resources are in the Nigerian territorial waters especially at the deep oceans revealing that practicable recommendations on how they can be exploited for the economic benefits of the nation have been forwarded to the federal government.

She stressed that Nigeria could be losing about N50 billion yearly to illegal fishing and other unregulated activities of intruders at the deep oceans.

“We have carried out surveys and found out that there are resources in the deeper waters that the fishing industry can exploit so that the inshore waters would have a respite, if the pressure on them is reduced. We have other resources out there that can be exploited. As I am talking to you right now, Nigeria as a nation is not exploiting our Tuna resources but that doesn’t mean that people are not exploiting it. People come from other places to exploit them on our territorial waters.

“Apart from that, we also have what is called harima-bondi. It is the kind of fish that can replace the imported sardine; in fact it was canned in this institute just to let the industry know what can be done. Tuna was also canned in this institute years back so that the industry can go further to exploit other resources out there,” she said

The expert explained that part of the resources present in the nation’s deeper waters is the mesopelagic resource, which is very useful for the production of fish meals noting that the major problem that has hindered aquaculture from being what it should be in Nigeria is the input.
She disclosed that fish meals constitute about 70 per cent of the running cost of an aquacultural establishment.

“Feed is very pertinent because a crucial component of that feed is fish meal and as we say right now, fish meal is mainly imported to Nigeria. So, that’s another way of getting our money out via capital flight if we are able to substantiate it now that we know we have it. Our duty is to look at the quantum because another value chain that the fishing industry can go into is getting the mesopelagic resource and turning it to the fish meal that will now be incorporated into the fish feed that the aquaculture sector uses.

“We actually have a lot of resources but it is not about just having the resources. We need to work on how we maximize or exploit them so that it will be useful for us in the country and also the artisanal sector. There is enough that can be done and we are playing our own role,” she said.

http://www.akelicious.net/2018/05/nigeria-spends-n288bn-on-fish.html

Buhari why! !

Government should pump money into all river basin in Nigeria and employ more pple into the agencies

This Is a surprise truth guys

I just started working with a shipping company,

When doing last month report on imported goods, I was surprised to find out that Fish is the second most imported commodity in Nigeria after raw materials and chemicals!!

we even import more fish than vehicle in this country

buchilino:
D LARGEST IN WEST AFRICA?, I DON'T THINK SO. I BELIEVE THAT TITLE BELONGS TO D MAURITIANS

I stand corrected!

We have a suitable coast line for offshore aquaculture where we can culture some of the Marine fishes we import into the country.

Many countries such as Ireland, China And Japan are currently making use of technology advancement to mass produce different fish species of high commercial value using offshore aquaculture

It's high time we stop relying on importation, artisanal fishermen or even inland aquaculture to provide what we need.

Lets just go offshore

edunwablog:
Following ongoing effort by the federal government to diversify the nation’s economy, it has emerged that Nigeria can save over N288 billion ($800 million) being spent on the importation of fishes annually, if the nation’s deep ocean resources are optimally developed and harnessed.

Director/Head, Fisheries Resources Department, Nigeria Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research, Dr. Parcy Ochuko Obatola, who disclosed this, said Nigeria is naturally endowed with a lot of marine resources.


According to him, these resources have been left untapped over the decades thereby leading to huge economic losses. Research, she further stated that Nigeria consumes about 2million metric tons of fishes every year but can only produce less than 800,000 metric tons domestically thereby necessitating the importation of about 1.2 million metric tons.

She disclosed that over 70 per cent of the fishes domestically supplied are produced by small scale fishermen whose activities litter the coast line.

“Right now when we look at the demand and supply of fishes in Nigeria, there is still a huge deficit. The demand is almost three million metric tons per annum. The supply is about two million metric tons and there is still a deficit of over one million including those imported and those produced within this country. We are producing about 800,000 metric tons in Nigeria.

So we can see the reason we actually need to carry out activities when it comes to blue economy.
“Most of the fisheries that are exploited in Nigeria are done at the inshore waters and have consequently put a lot of pressure on the resources and negatively impacted the ecosystem via indiscriminate pollution, water contamination and other forms of illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing otherwise known as IEUs. This has translated into a situation where there are lesser catches and smaller sizes of fishes”, she stressed.

She therefore, called on the government and other stakeholders to help ensure that the activities of the fishermen are regulated and managed while the deep ocean resources are tapped to help reduce pressure on the inshore waters.

Obatola further explained that various surveys conducted by the institute had shown that some rare species of fishes and other marine resources are in the Nigerian territorial waters especially at the deep oceans revealing that practicable recommendations on how they can be exploited for the economic benefits of the nation have been forwarded to the federal government.

She stressed that Nigeria could be losing about N50 billion yearly to illegal fishing and other unregulated activities of intruders at the deep oceans.

“We have carried out surveys and found out that there are resources in the deeper waters that the fishing industry can exploit so that the inshore waters would have a respite, if the pressure on them is reduced. We have other resources out there that can be exploited. As I am talking to you right now, Nigeria as a nation is not exploiting our Tuna resources but that doesn’t mean that people are not exploiting it. People come from other places to exploit them on our territorial waters.

“Apart from that, we also have what is called harima-bondi. It is the kind of fish that can replace the imported sardine; in fact it was canned in this institute just to let the industry know what can be done. Tuna was also canned in this institute years back so that the industry can go further to exploit other resources out there,” she said

The expert explained that part of the resources present in the nation’s deeper waters is the mesopelagic resource, which is very useful for the production of fish meals noting that the major problem that has hindered aquaculture from being what it should be in Nigeria is the input.
She disclosed that fish meals constitute about 70 per cent of the running cost of an aquacultural establishment.

“Feed is very pertinent because a crucial component of that feed is fish meal and as we say right now, fish meal is mainly imported to Nigeria. So, that’s another way of getting our money out via capital flight if we are able to substantiate it now that we know we have it. Our duty is to look at the quantum because another value chain that the fishing industry can go into is getting the mesopelagic resource and turning it to the fish meal that will now be incorporated into the fish feed that the aquaculture sector uses.

“We actually have a lot of resources but it is not about just having the resources. We need to work on how we maximize or exploit them so that it will be useful for us in the country and also the artisanal sector. There is enough that can be done and we are playing our own role,” she said.

http://www.akelicious.net/2018/05/nigeria-spends-n288bn-on-fish.html

The federal government need to support fishermen with modern tools and also create a good market for them. most of these fishermen are faced with how to preserve the fishes not to get spoilt and they are financially handicap.

Seun360:
Place add Oron, Ibaka and Ibeno to the list. All located in AKS.

And Uruan coastline

hakeem4:
That’s quite much , why don’t we get fish from places like Lagos, delta and other similar states ?

the north has colonised the fish resources in the south

Jaqenhghar:
Why do you peole like to regurgitate nonsense. How has banning inportatio worked so far? Since cars were banned how many car factories have sprung up? you honestly believe this will work?

are you minding nous lazy yoot that don't want to compete

Jaqenhghar:
Those are the programmed automatons who believe everything is in Nigeria. Largest country in the world, they will tell you Nigeria. Richest country in the world they will tell you Nigeria.

is Mauritius in west africa

buchilino:
D LARGEST IN WEST AFRICA?, I DON'T THINK SO. I BELIEVE THAT TITLE BELONGS TO D MAURITIANS

west Africa west Africa west Africa

Jaqenhghar:
same here. Agric and all other sectors. Banning is not the solution brother. You cant be an agricultural juggernaut by practising peasant farming. Truth is we cant produce enough when farmers are still using hoes. Even the skinny miserable cows these fulanis are beating their chest and slaughtering people over aint worth shìt. Its only Nigerians that enjoy eating those cows. You cant export it and they cant produce enough milk

we import cows and even beans and maize now

Dipville:
She was only able to identify what the problem is with no concrete solution.

she did
you just not able to comprehend

Now we ought to be talking about zero tax on importation of Aquaculture input starting from the important fish meal she mentioned.

SMH
una no know more than to import finished product

What we basically need is a way to further encourage by boosting local production of fish. Make forex available for anything we have to bring in as an input for aquaculture. This is Nigeria, we can start quite alright but not thinking we can have reliable fish meal ourselves down here with our attitude.

finally we agree