Nigeria’s domestic fish production is meeting less than a quarter of the country’s estimated requirement of 300,000 metric tonnes, the President of the National Fish Association of Nigeria, Ladan Aliyu, has said, calling for stronger government support and collaboration among fish farmers to bridge the supply gap.
Aliyu said fish farmers needed to organise themselves into sustainable cooperative societies, improve production capacity and work with the government to access essential inputs, training and supportive policies.
He spoke in Abuja on Wednesday during the inauguration activities of the association’s newly elected executive committee, where industry stakeholders raised concerns about inadequate domestic production, rising fish prices and the cost of importing frozen fish.
The association’s president said Nigeria’s current production remained far below the country’s needs, while imports supplied only part of the shortfall, leaving a significant gap to be addressed through increased local production.
“As fish farmers, we are currently producing
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