In order to make a sound proposal to the Kainji Lake Fisheries Management and Conservation Unit regarding the amendment of the existing Fisheries Laws and Regulations, including the raise of fishing license fees, the Fisheries Departments of 21 Nigerian States were visited in August-September 2000. In that occasion the staff was interviewed, existing documents were revised, and the results were compared with those of Kebbi and Niger Stat

Gulma, M.M.

Lemu, I.A.

Salzwedel, H.

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1KE 1ULE AP EJLNf1ON ¡IN 3 STATES OF NIGKIA: A NOTE
BY
HORST SALZWEJML', MIJA'ZIJ M. GULMA2 AND ]IDRJS A. LEMIJ3
'Ka*iuji LaLe Fisheries ?roniotion Project (KLFPP),
P, O. Bwt 306, New I3ussa, Niger State, Nigeria.
Kebbi State Ministry 02 AgrIculture and Natural Resources,
Dcpartmeiii nf Livestock and Fisheries,
PM1B 10Ó8, Biruiii Kebhi, Kebbi State, Nigeria.
Nige State Ministry of Agrkulture auI Natural Resiurves,
Department of Livestock and Fisheries,
ABSTJt(ACT
PM]I 74, Minna, Niger Slate, Nigeria.
lu 'order to make a sound proposal to the Kninji Lake Fisheries Management and Conservation Unit regarding the
amendment of the existing Fisheries Laws and Regulations, including the raise of fishing license fees, the Fisheries
Departments of2l, Nigerian States were visited in August September 2000, their staff interviewed, existing documents
revsed, and the results compared with Kebbi and Niger State.
INTRODUCTION
The Nigerian-German Kainj i Lake Pisheries Promotiofl
Project (KLFPP) is working towards th improvement
o1'the living standards of fishing communities around Kai,ji
Lake. A cojrniui i ity-based fisheries management plan
is being implemented since 1993, Nigerian implementing
agencies are the Fisheries Dpartnìents of' Niger and
Kebbi States and the National Institute Íbr Freshwater
Fisheries Researeli (NWFR), coordinated by the Federal
Department of Fisheries (FDF). Sponsored by the
Bacterial 6.5
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cal, injuries
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Development (BMZ) the Germaiì Development
Cooperation Agency GTZ assists the Nigerian agencies
in project implementation.
On the inftiative ofKLFPP in 1997, both Kebbi and Niger
States gazetted revised versions of their Fisheries Edicts
and established the Kainjì Lake Fisheries Management
and Conservation Unit (KLFMCU). This Unit was put
in charge of the community-based management ofKainji
Lake aquatic resources. Since then KLFMCU on behalf
of the States has issued fishing licenses for fishermen,
German Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and banned the noxious fishing method beach seine (dala)
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tud implemented other measures agreed upon during the
egular meetings held with representatives of fishermen
uid traditional rulers.
Paper presented at the 16th FISON Conference,
Maiduguri, Nigeria 4th - 9 Nov.. 2001
After almost three years experience with the licensing
exercise by the KLFMCU in 2000 it became obvious
that license fees and other issues of the 1997 Kebbi and
Niger States Fisheries Laws and Regulations had to be
present summary report was derived.
Table 1: Contacted fisheries officers of 21 States of Nigeria visited in Aug - Sept., 2000
Gombe
Kano
Officer in Charge Al-Mustapha Mu'azu
Malunfashi
Director Sam Olabatoke
Officer in Charge Habibu I. Yakasai
Officer in Charge Alkasirn A. Ibrahim
Officer in charge Suie Kotorkoshi Results
No.
1.
2.
3
State
l3auchi
Benue
Edo
Results: are presented aiid compared with Kebbi and
Niger State in Table 3. A summary of the findings is
given iii Table i. From this it can be seen that out of 23
States:
Fifteen (15) States have fisheries edicts, laws or
regulttions in place,
Ten (10) States charge a one-time permit or
application fee of Nalra 50 - 1,000 (average
N225); Niger and Kebbi State: N50.
Fourteen (14) States charge annual license fees
of Naira 35-1,200 (average N478) from
fishermen; the average license fee collected in
20 States (not considering Niger and Kebbi arid
except Plateau, where the license fee if collected
at Local Goverrinient Level) including all kind of
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reviewed again. In order to do this on a rational basis,
fishing rules and regulations as well as fishing licenses
charged in other states of Nigeria were reviewed and
compared to those of Kebbi and Niger State.
METHO)S
In August September 2c500 the Chief Fisheries Officers
of Niger and Kebbi State visited their colleagues in 21
inland States (Table 1). They held discussions and
obtained oral and written information from which the
Fisheries Officer
Director Mu'azu Wall Dass
Director Sonnic A. Aebe
Director Auselem Edward
fees is N787; Niger and Kebbi State: N200.
Seven (7) States charge annual license fees of
Naira 25-500 (average N229) for fishing boats
(three States on top of the license fee charged
from fishermen); N/get and Kebbi Siate. nil.
Ten (iO) States charge annual license fee on
fishing gears of up to Naira 24,000 per year, sorne
of them even on top of either the license fee
charged from fishermen or for boats used; Niger
and Kebbi State: nil.
Table 2: Suminaiy of lïadings about existing rules and regulations and fishing fees collected in 23 States
of Nigeria, September 2000. Average amounts were calculated for those States only that have the respective fee
iii place.
Legal Base in place
Boat without motor
loat with iiiotor
Trawl nets
Fish fence/barriers
Lift net
Seine/Drag/Draw Net (diffrerit sites) lo
25-500
40- 500
150-24000
225
478
229
190
litern No. of States Annual Amount
(Naira)
50 1000
35-1200
Ave rage
Amount (Naira)
(Fisheries Edict, Law or regulations gazetted) 15
Legal Base in place (Fisheries Edict/Law approved,
not gazetted; Circular of Hon. Comni. Agrie, or other)
3
No Legal Btise in place or unknown 5
Perm ir or application fee chargea from fishern lo
License fee 14
L 500 Naira as annual license fee for the
fishing entrepreneur;
No license fee for the assistant, and
150 Naira a administrative charge for an
optional, laminated, lifetime valid ID-card
with a photograph taken by KLFMCU arid
the holder's signature/thumb-print.
F-RulesRegulations 2000.doc 27-Oct-2001
Kainji Lake Fisheries Management and Conservation Unit
discussed and approved these and other changes to Kebbi
and Niger State Fisheries Laws and Regulations in its
regular meeting held in December 2000 in New Bussa.
These approved amendments were later on revised by
the Legal officers of both States, approved by the
respective Ministries and submitted to the i-louses of
Assembly of Niger and Kebbi States, where they are
now for endorsement.
Discussion and recommendations
Acording to the information obtained permit and license
fees in Kebbi and Niger States are lower than in most of
the visited States where these are charged. They are
also lower than the average lees charged for fishing
gears. However, it must be pointed out that none of the
visited states could present numbers about the actually
charged licenses or permit fees theoretically in place,
nor could they provide the numbers of fishermen, boats
or gears in their respectively water bodies. This is quite
different in Kebbi and Niger State because of the work
of KLFPP and KLFMCU, where all these numbers are
known and license fees were levied from 66% of the
fisliernien (out of a total ol' 5201) and 60% of their
assistants (total 4301) in the year 2000.
Due to these findings it was recommended to KLFMCIJ
to discuss and approve on higher license fees for
listiermen. I was not recommended to charge for fishing
gears used because this would only complicate the iSSUe.
The fees recommended tobe charged as of 2002 were:
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