Aquaculture Africa 2021

March 25 - 28, 2022

Alexandria, Egypt

SOCIO-ECONOMIC STRUCTURES OF FISH FARMERS AND GEOSPATIAL MAPPING OF SOME SELECTED FISH FARMS IN AKURE NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA

Adeleke M Lydia and Sam-Aluko, P. Omobolanle.

 

Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture Technology,

Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

+2348060097865

mladeleke@futa.edu.ng 

 



 Geographical Information System (GIS) Applications on a mobile phone was used to get the  Coordinates of each fish farms. Questionnaire was administered on seventeen (17) fish farmers based on the selected fish farms. The result revealed the age ranges of the fish farmers were between 26 and 69 years. The mainstream of the fish farmers was within the economically active age range of 37 and 47 years. Fish farming in Akure North Local Government was dominated by men of which 82.35% were married and educated, 2% were single and 5.8% were divorced while only 17.65% of the respondents were not educated. It was also revealed that most of the fish farmers in the LGA were into other forms of occupation; trading, cassava farming, palm oil production, consultancy and telecommunication alongside fish farming. Only a few took fish farming as the main occupation. The major problems encountered by the farmers were lack of proper fund and cost of feed 88.24% and 58.82%, respectively. The  GIS result produces series of qualitative and quantitative reference maps which are very  useful to provide first-hand information on  the fish farms location in the study area. This study therefore recommends, that more fish farms should be established to serve the general p opulation within the study area.  Government should create enabling environment to encourage potential investors in fish farms in the study area.