Hook, line and sinker: The Small-scale fisheries sector in Nigeria is characterized by wide variety of fishing gear

B.B., Solarin (2003) Hook, line and sinker: The Small-scale fisheries sector in Nigeria is characterized by wide variety of fishing gear. Samudra Report (35). pp. 41-45. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

Nigeria is situated on the west coast of Africa between longitudes 2˚ 29’ and 14˚ 37’ east and latitudes 4˚ 16’ and 13˚52’ north of the equator. It is endowed with large bodies of marine, brackish and freshwater systems. Nigeria has a coastline of about 583 km, which borders the Atlantic Ocean in the Gulf of Guinea, a maritime area of 46,000 sq km up to 200-m depth and an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of 210,910 sq km. The narrow continental shelf, which is about 15 km wide in the west and 27.8 km wide in the east, covers an area of about 41,000 sq km.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM0437
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, Nigeria, Small-scale Fisheries, Fishing Gear, Net Fishing, Fish Catch
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited:	18 Oct 2021 10:37
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2022 11:11
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/1159

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