Environmental and Economic Burden of Sand Dredging on Artisanal Fishing in Lagos State, Nigeria

Fatai Abiola Sowunmi ()
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Fatai Abiola Sowunmi: University of Ibadan

Chapter Chapter 7 in Inclusive Green Growth, 2020, pp 137-159 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Environmentally detrimental input (water turbidity) and the conventional production inputs were considered within the framework of stochastic frontier analysis to estimate environmental efficiencies of each fisherman in the sand dredging and non-dredging areas. The study revealed that environmental efficiency was low among fishermen in the sand dredging areas. Educational status, experience in fishing and sand dredging were the factors influencing environmental efficiency in the study areas. The gross profit per day was higher among the fishermen in the non-dredging areas. The study affirmed large household size among fishermen. The study also revealed that the fishermen in the fishing community around the dredging areas travel long distance in order to reduce the negative effect of sand dredging on their fishing activity. It is recommended that government should regulate the activities of the sand dredgers by restricting their activities to non-fishing communities as well as intensifying family planning campaigns in fishing communities to reduce the negative effect of high household size on fishing. The need to encourage fish farming among fishermen to complement their meagre income is also imperative.

Keywords: Environmental efficiency; Detrimental input; Sand dredging; Stochastic frontier (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-44180-7_7

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