Nigeria has a coastline of 853km and over 14 million hectares of inland waters and thus owns significant fisheries. The contribution of fisheries to the Nigerian economy is significant in terms of supply of high quality dietary protein, income generation, creation of employment and enhanced inflow of foreign exchange earnings through shrimp export. However, due over-exploitation of the natural resources, by-catch and discard problem, inadequate infrastructure and social amenities development, inadequate supply of fish feed, fish seeds and slow adoption of new technology and management strategies etc. The domestic fish production (0.55 million tons) has fallen short of the demand (1.5million metric tons). Aquaculture development is the solution to the unpredictable production through capture or artisanal/industrial fisheries
