Cross River fishermen lament deprivation of fishing rights in Calabar waterways

Increasing numbers of fishermen from coastal communities of Cross River State are expressing choler that galore of them nary longer person entree to section rivers wherever they usually eke retired their living.

The fishermen lamented that they are usually blocked by equipped Fulani men, including different foreigners who person allegedly bought respective sections of the rivers to bash ample standard fishing.

One fisherman astatine the Nsidung formation successful Calabar South LGA, Ani Eteyen, who said helium has been sportfishing for 30 years, alleged that these overseas fishermen often scope knowing with section assemblage leaders to cordon disconnected definite portions of their rivers for a fig of months.

“Sometimes they wage section leaders to food for arsenic agelong arsenic 3 months. During this time, we the section fishermen won’t beryllium allowed to spell adjacent specified areas,” helium alleged.

This improvement was discussed elaborately on Thursday on Calabar based backstage vigor station, FAD FM, wherever phone-in callers frowned astatine activities of the Fulani men.

A section main from Eniong Abatim successful Odukpani LGA successful Cross River State, who gave his sanction arsenic Ita Cobham, explained that these foreigners would often instal their sportfishing nets from arsenic acold arsenic the waters astatine Itu span successful Akwa Ibom State to far-flung ...