Nigeria imports 2.2m tonnes of fish annually

    The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ernest Umakhihe said Nigeria…

Nigeria has 2.5m metric tonnes of fish deficit — Minister

  Nigeria currently records a 2.5million metirc tonnes of fish deficit, a situation that may have…

Fisherman dies after swallowing tilapia fish

A 50-year-old man died after he accidentally swallowed a live tilapia fish and got his airway…

Reps probe fish importation licences

The House of Representatives on Tuesday, resolved to set up an ad hoc committee to probe…

Man steals bags of fish head at Nigerdock

A 32-year-old man, identified as Chukwuemeka Egwu, was on Thursday arraigned before an Apapa Magistrates’ Court…

Kaduna fishermen lament disappearance of fish species

Some Fishermen have bemoaned the disappearance of some species of fish in the Kangami Dam, River…

World’s fish consumption unsustainable, says U.N.

The United Nations has warned in a report on Monday that a third of the world’s…

Collapse of fish trawling industry in Nigeria

With a coastline of about 850 km that borders the Atlantic Ocean in the Gulf of…

Nigerian government surcharges Mediterranean Shipping Company, MSC for freighting 15 containers of ‘spoilt fish’

  Nigeria’s Federal Department of Fisheries (FDF) on Saturday destroyed 15 containers of frozen fish allegedly…

Nigerians consume 3.2 million tonnes of fish annually 

Nigeria requires about 3.2 million metric tons of fish for consumption annually in the country. The…