Invites investors into fishing vessels Stakeholders in the marine and fisheries industry are seeking the intervention of the Federal Government to ban the importation of fish into the country while calling on investors to explore opportunities in the fishing space. x
They lamented the lack of adequate vessels in the Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research (NIOMR), saying this had made the seaport porous and open to illicit businesses by foreigners.
This was disclosed during the meeting of the governing board of NIOMR and the Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology (FCF&MT), held in Lagos recently.
They maintained that foreigners from Mali, Senegal, among others, were infiltrating Nigeria’s fishing space, which had resulted in the loss of revenue and jobs for the citizens.