Description: Seafood includes Mainly Fish (which is the sea dwelling specie harvested annually), but also, shrimps, periwinkles, clams, oysters, Crayfish Etc. Of the 36 states in the country (Nigeria), 9 (Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Edo, Bayelsa, Rivers Akwa Ibom and Cross River) are located in the coastal zone.
Nigeria’s coastal zone is endowed with numerous living and non-living resources. The most important living resources are fin and shellfish including shrimps. Nigeria's domestic fish production hovers around 400,000-500,000 metric tonns annually. Osun, Kwara, Delta, Cross River, Benue, Ogun and Oyo have the highest amount of fish farms in the country, while The largest marine seafood producing states are: Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Lagos, Cross River and Ogun states
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