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The Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole has said that the marine sub-sector can transform the nation's economy, if properly harnessed.
Judges from superior courts in the South-South have calledfor the review and harmonization of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Act, the Merchant Shipping Act 2007 and the Cabotage Act
Energy experts, environmentalists, and security operatives are meeting in Accra to fashion out how to detect oil spillage in the marine waters of the country.
The World Bank supported Lake Victoria Environment Management Programme (LVEMP), launched in the mid-1990s, will now be extended to Burundi and Rwanda.
Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo has requested MPs to back his proposal to summon Environment Minister Stanislas Kamanzi, over the failure of Nile Basin member states to sign the Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA).
An international group of researchers will meet January 13-15, 2009 at a conference in Gisenyi to grapple with the problem of Lake Kivu.
The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Adminitration and Safety Agency [NIMASA],Temisan Omatseye, has urged stakeholders in the country to support the Federal government sensitization campaign on climate change.
The maritime sub-sector can transform the nation's economy if properly harnessed, Speaker of House of Representatives Dimeji Bankole has said.
The Zambezi is home to the fishing community on Mbeta Island. But after the river rose and swallowed their homes last year, they have learned to fear it as well.
Ms Betty Bosomtwi-Sam, Deputy Western Regional Minister on Tuesday noted that fish stock in water bodies were gradually being depleted as a result of bad fishing methods.
River Musamya which for a long time was referred to as the "Gold for Bugerere" by residents because of its numerous values, is on the verge of extinction due to encroachment by area residents.
The Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Crown Prince Haakon of Norway was recently told that the free-floating fern, salvinia molester has been brought under control.
Norwegian Prince Haakon, who also happens to be a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) goodwill ambassador, has urged Okavango Delta fishermen and tour operators to bury the hatchet and work together.
THERE is a lesson for SA in how Botswana resolved drawn-out conflicts between indigenous communities and the tourism sector over fishing resources in the Okavango Delta.
A former senator from Benue, Sen. Fred Orti, and a retired Permanent Secretary, Mr S.J.I. Akure, last Sunday narrowly escaped drowning in River Katsina-Ala when their ferry capsized.
The bodies of the two teenage secondary school students who drowned around 1 pm Saturday in River Kaduna have been found.
Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has raised alarm over the poor security situation created in the waterway between Nigeria and Republic of Cameroon following the declaration of the area as a buffer zone.
Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has raised alarm over the poor security situation created in the waterways between Nigeria and Republic of Cameroon, following the declaration of the area as a buffer zone.
The livelihoods of 3.5 million East Africans who depend directly on Lake Victoria are threatened by illegal fishing, overfishing, climate change and pollution.
Justice Moses Richards of the special criminal court in Banjul yesterday convicted and sentenced one Paul Mendy for causing the death of two sailors, Katim Touray and Suleiman Saine, on January 23, 2009, along the River Gambia between Japini and Yerri Bamba in the Lower River Region.
In continuation of her efforts to effectively control Pollution on Nigerian waters, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA has taken delivery of two (2) Scavenger Boats named "MV TURAI" and "MV PATIENCE"
West Africa is one of the world's regions most affected by pirate fishers. Illegal, unreported or unregulated fishing has been devastating local livelihoods and ecosystems for decades. National fisheries management authorities are often helpless to protect their maritime resources.
About 115 private and public institutions will from tomorrow start receiving for free, portions out of 296.32 tonnes of fish impounded from a foreign fishing trawler that was allegedly found fishing illegally in Tanzania waters.
There is no dedicated fish-landing pier in The Gambia, although there are some limited facilities at Banjul. Fish are often loaded onto pirogues that use one of the many landing points along the coast.
Although as a Muslim, I fervently believe in the sixth Article of Faith, which is the inevitability and immutability of predestination, I think those unfortunate victims of penultimate weekend's boat mishap in the Bukuro border town of Baruten Local Government area in Kwara North needn't have perished the way they did. They wouldn't have died in Nano River if they didn't have to travel across the ...
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