October 2, 2008 

 

Nigeria to set up three training centres for shrimp farming 

 

 
Nigeria hoping to improve its fledgling shrimp industry, is making arrangements for shrimp centres to be set up in Oyo, Ekiti and Adamawa, an official from the country's fisheries department said.

 

Director of Nigeria's Federal Department of Fisheries (FDF), Mr Shola Armire was speaking to journalists on Tuesday, 30 September 2008 in Lagos after the completion of the US inspection of the compliance of Nigerian fishing vessels with the Turtle Device Equipment (TED)

 

Amire said that the centres would be completed in 2009.

 

Armire said that Nigeria had the potential for shrimp farming, which could enhance local consumption, export and generation of foreign exchange.

 

He suggested that the centres would start with fresh water and eventually expand to blackish water, which would boost shrimp farming.

 

He also assured that the government will partner with the private sector to utilise the dams for fingerling production in various states.

 

On the US inspections, he said that Nigeria had always been certified by the US at previous inspections and that such development had enabled Nigeria to export shrimp, fish and fishery products to the US, Europe and the other international markets.

 

The sector contributes over US$600 million in foreign exchange earnings to the economy and employs more than 500,000 skilled and unskilled workers.

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