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Table 1 Nigeria fish production by sectors (2000–2012) tonnes

From: Small-scale fisheries in the context of traditional post-harvest practice and the quest for food and nutritional security in Nigeria

S/no.

Sectors/year

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

1

Artisanal: sub-total

418,069

433,537

450,965

446,203

434,830

490,594

518,537

504,226

511,382

598,211

616,981

638,486

668,754

 

Coastal and brackish water

236,801

239,311

253,063

241,823

227,523

259,831

269,878

260,098

264,988

309,981

328,332

346,381

370,918

 

Inland: rivers and lakes

181,268

194,226

197,902

204,380

207,307

230,763

248,659

244,128

246,394

288,230

288,649

292,105

297,836

2

Aquaculture (fish farm)

25,720

24,398

30,664

30,677

43,950

56,355

84,533

85,087

143,207

152,796

200,535

221,128

253,898

3

Industrial (commercial trawlers)

23,308

28,378

30,091

33,882

30,421

32,595

33,778

26,193

29,986

29,698

31,510

33,485

45,631

 

Fish (inshore)

13,877

15,792

16,065

17,542

16,063

19,724

19,129

18,040

18,585

18,820

19,261

19,736

27,977

 

Shrimp (inshore)

8056

12,380

12,797

11,416

12,469

10,946

13,767

5995

9881

10,878

12,249

13,749

17,654

 

EEZ

1375

206

1229

4924

1889

1925

882

2158

1520

–

–

–

–

 

Grand total

467,098

486,313

511,720

510,762

509,201

579,544

636,848

615,507

684,575

780,705

849,026

893,099

968,283

  1. Unpublished FDF, Federal Department of Fisheries