Author: Gift Jonah

Fisherfolks in the Niger Delta have called for immediate government action to protect their trade and dwindling fish production in the region. The call was collectively made at an interactive session organized by Kebetkache Women Development and Resource Center in Port Harcourt recently to share their experiences on the realities of climate change ahead of the United Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC and the Conference of Parties, COPs. The fisherfolks lamented that the encroachment of the waterways by trawler operators who fish beyond the legal limits, is making it difficult for local operators to fish. They also decried the…