Fish farming back then provided people with food as well as financial benefits. Fish farming reportedly existed in Nigeria prior to the country’s independence from British colonial rule .During world war II(1939-1955),when the British colonialists started investigating Nigeria’s abundant aquatic resources, they became interested in some of those potentials including fisheries organization was established in Lagos in 1941,and that’s how it has been in wide practice in the country.
by OGUNTOSIN JOSEPH
