The Federal Government, Monday, disclosed that despite importation of frozen fish into Nigeria, the deficit of 2.5 million metric tonnes cannot closed with the current demand of 3.6 million metric tonnes per annum.
This was made known by the Director of Federal Department of Fisheries, Ime Umoh, while speaking with newsmen after declaring the ‘Second Dialogue With Regional Economic Communities (RECS) Implementation Of Fisheries Governance Project Phase 2 (FISHGOV-2) open in Abuja.
According to Umoh, Nigerian fish industry can only produce 1.2 million metric tonnes of fish from industrial, artisanal and aquaculture.
He added that Nigeria had benefited from Phase 1 of the FISHGOV project, and the success is glaring, as he expressed optimism that the Phase 2 will also boost fish production in Nigeria.
