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

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

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

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