<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A study of fishers’ knowledge in community based fisheries management practices in the Nun River estuary were conducted to assess the contribution of fishers’ knowledge to fisheries resources conservation. The total number of fishers that operated in the area were 390, and 221 fishers were interviewed based on a minimum of 10 years fishing experience using the socio-ecological approach. The laws introduced are banned on the use of mesh size less than five cm and banned on chemical fishing. Fishers caught using chemicals to fish were arrested and handed over to the police for prosecution. The management method has enhanced conservation of fisheries’ resources, which is a major source of livelihood for the people. It is therefore pertinent to introduce community based laws to check over exploitation of fisheries’ resources in fishing communities in the Niger Delta.</p></abstract>

A study of fishers’ knowledge in community based fisheries management practices in the Nun River estuary were conducted to assess the contribution of fishers’ knowledge to fisheries resources conservation. The total number of fishers that operated in the area were 390, and 221 fishers were interviewed based on a minimum of 10 years fishing experience using the socio-ecological approach. The laws introduced are banned on the use of mesh size less than five cm and banned on chemical fishing. Fishers caught using chemicals to fish were arrested and handed over to the police for prosecution. The management method has enhanced conservation of fisheries’ resources, which is a major source of livelihood for the people. It is therefore pertinent to introduce community based laws to check over exploitation of fisheries’ resources in fishing communities in the Niger Delta.

Using Fishers Knowledge in Community Based Fisheries Management in the River Nun Estuary, Niger Delta

Isaac Jasper Boro College of Education, Department of Agricultural Education

Transylvanian Review of Systematical and Ecological Research

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A study of fishers’ knowledge in community based fisheries management practices in the Nun River estuary were conducted to assess the contribution of fishers’...

Using Fishers Knowledge in Community Based Fisheries Management in the River Nun Estuary, Niger Delta

Published Online: Feb 06, 2018

Page range: 75 - 84

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2018-0014

Keywords
fishers knowledge, community laws, conservation, management

© 2018 Sabina Ngodigha et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Using Fishers Knowledge in Community Based Fisheries Management in the River Nun Estuary, Niger Delta

Published Online: Feb 06, 2018

Page range: 75 - 84

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/trser-2018-0014

Keywordsfishers knowledge, community laws, conservation, management

© 2018 Sabina Ngodigha et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
fishers knowledge, community laws, conservation, management