![]() Catfish Farming was initially dominated by Govt with direct involvement in Catfish production. River Basin Development Authorities (RBDA) were established to run commercial Catfish Farms and prove the commercial viability of aquaculture as part of their functions. Four zonal fingerlings production and training centres were established in Oyo, Umuna Okigwe, Panyam and Mando- Kaduna between 1978 &1980 with the support of UNDP. The African Regional Aquaculture Centre (ARAC) was established at Aluu, Port Harcourt with the assistance of FAO to provide research support & training in Sub Sahara Africa. They experimented for about 20 yrs before moving to a demonstration stage. The govt then established demonstration farms in Ibadan, Akure, Umuna Okigwe, Itu and Opobo in 1971. First, they with experimentation & operated experimental farms until 1971. This was the beginning of Catfish farming in Nigeria. Aquaculture was started in Nigeria by Govt (State and Federal) & its agencies with direct involvement in Catfish production. Historically, there was no record of fish farming in Nigeria until 1951 when the feasibility of fish farming was tested at a small experimental Station in Onikan, Lagos & Panyam Catfish Farm, Plateau State. A #Thread of how past Nigerian governments made it happen. This is one Nigerian success story that very few people know about. ![]() With no record of fish farming in Nigeria before 1951, 69yrs later, Nigeria is the world’s largest producer of farmed North African catfish.
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