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Nigeria Industrial trawl shrimp fishery
Fishery  Fact Sheet
FCWC Fisheries Reports 2020
Nigeria Industrial trawl shrimp fishery
Fact Sheet Citation  
Industrial trawl shrimp fishery
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Location of Nigeria Industrial trawl shrimp fishery
 

Geographic reference:  Nigeria
Spatial Scale: Value
Reference Year: 2019
Approach: Fishing Activity

Fishing Activity
Fishing Gear: Single boat bottom otter trawls
Type of production system: Industrial
Fishery Area: Nigeria
Seasonality: All year

Harvested Resource
Target Species: Penaeus shrimps nei

Means of Production
Vessel Type:
ident Block
Type: Measure

Fishing Activity
Type of production system: Industrial   

Fishery Area
Climatic zone: Tropical.   Depth zone: Shelf-Uppershelf up 100m.   Horizontal distribution: Neritic.   Vertical distribution: Demersal.  

Within 5 and 30 nautical miles of the territorial waters

Geo References for: Nigeria
Vessel Type

Vessel length: <23.2 meters


Catch Handling and Processing Equipment
Freezers
Crew
12
Flag State
Ghana
Nigeria
Fishing Gear
Single boat bottom otter trawls
Cod-end mesh size = 44 mm
Associated Species (Bycatch)
Finfish
Protected Species (Bycatch)
Sea turtle, Marine mammals
Seasonality
All year
Ports
Kirikiri Lighter terminal port, Lagos
Trip Duration
40 - 45 days
Fisherfolks Community
Ghana and Nigeria nationals
Fishery Indicator List
Fishery Indicator
Fishery Indicator Fishery Indicator Fishery Indicator Fishery Indicator Fishery Indicator
Type Measure 146vessels2019
Type Measure 1752Persons2019
Post Harvest
 
Fish Utilisation
Frozen
Markets
European Union, Nigeria
Management
Management: Management

Legal Definition
Sea Fisheries Acts of 1971 (Licensing), Regulations of 1971, Sea Fisheries (Fishing) Regulations of 1972, The EEZ Decree of 1978, the Sea fisheries Decree of 1992, Sea Fisheries Regulation 1995
Jurisdictional framework
Management Body/Authority(ies): Federal Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Mandate: Management; Regulation; Policies; Protection etc.  
Area of Competence: Nigeria
Maritime Area: National Waters.  
Management Regime
Management Methods

Conservation, management and compliance measures with focus on Catch control, Effort control, Environment protection - Binding

  • Gear-related measures
    Mesh size, Mandatory use of Turtle Excluder Device (TED)
  • Vessel-related measures
     Access Control : Vessel type, Access Control : Vessel size
  • Fishing activity-related measures
    Licenses, non-trawling zone within 5 nautical miles, mandatory landing of all catch at fishing ports/jetties in Nigeria
Source of Information
 
Information provided by the FCWC Secretariat (FCWC Regional Database) and the Nigeria National Fisheries and Aquaculture Authority. March 2021.
FAO. 2021. Report of the Fisheries and Resources Monitoring System (FIRMS) and Fishery Statistics Capacity Development Data Workshop. Virtual Workshop, 26–30 October 2020. Rome.  Click to openhttp://www.fao.org/3/cb3723en/cb3723en.pdf
Bibliography
 
FAO. Report of the Workshop of National Coordinators of the UNEP/GEF/FAO Project on Reducing the Impact of Tropical Shrimp Trawling Fisheries on Living Marine Resources Through the Adoption of Environmentally Friendly Techniques and Practices. Rome, Italy, 17-19 March 1999. FAO Fisheries Report. No. 605. Rome, FAO. 1999. 46p.  Click to openhttp://www.fao.org/3/X2780E/X2780E00.htm
FAO Yearbook of Fishery and Aquaculture Statistics.
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