Profitability and poverty status of small-scale artisanal fishing families in fresh and brackish water communities in Nigeria
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The small-scale artisanal fishing families in fresh and brackish water communities in Nigeria were investigated. The enterprises were classified according to the level of craft sophistication/ involvement in Motorized Fisheries (MF), Manual Propulsion Fisheries (MPF), and Craft-less Fisheries (CF). The findings indicated that the heads of these fishing families had low education, were mostly active, and highly experienced. Across the categories, the average Bayelsan fisher family yielded more fish per month (MF = 739.6 kg, MPF = 553.2 kg, CF = 299.2 kg) than their Kogi counterparts (MF = 571.5 kg, MPF = 371.4 kg, CF = 200.1 kg). The profitability analysis indicates that while the MF enterprises had the highest net returns per month across the two states (N 145,803.5 for Kogi State and N 328,600 for Bayelsa State), owing to larger catches, the CF had the highest margin per kilogram (N477.2 for Kogi State and N 724.2 for Bayelsa State), owing to lower production costs. Incidence of income poverty was highest among CF households, least among the MF households, and more prevalent in Kogi State. Investment in crafts may increase fish production and reduce poverty among artisanal fishing families.
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