Effect of Socio-economic Factors on Fish Catch in Lower Ogun River, Isheri-olofin and Ihsasi, Ogun State, Nigeria
This study was undertaken to investigate the effect of socioeconomic factors on fish catch around the Lower OgunRiver in Isheri-Olofin area (downstream) and Ishasi (upstream).Two hundred and fifty (250) respondents were randomly sampled.The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and chisquar...
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| author | Nafisat Bolatito, Ikenweiwe Adekule Adedoyin, Idowu Nathanael Akinsafe, Bamidele Otubusin Samuel Eunice Oluremi, Fadipe |
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| description | This study was undertaken to investigate the effect of socioeconomic factors on fish catch around the Lower OgunRiver in Isheri-Olofin area (downstream) and Ishasi (upstream).Two hundred and fifty (250) respondents were randomly sampled.The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and chisquare. It was found that a large percentage (74.4%) ownedpersonal fishing craft. 18% of the respondents have not had anyformal education, 38.4% had attended primary school, 42.4%had attended secondary school, and 1.2% had attended a tertiaryinstitution. Majority (62%) of the respondents were marriedwhile 31.2 % were single. The result shows that 98.4% of the respondents constitutes male while the remaining 1.6% constitutesfemale. 70.4 % of the respondents fall within the age bracket of15–40 years while the remaining 29.6 % are elderly with agerange of 41-66 years. It was also discovered that there is a significance decline in the abundance of catch in the downstreamcompared to the upstream. There is significant difference betweenthe two stations in all socioeconomic factors evaluated. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-69ef76883a844ff7871b375471433e5d2022-12-22T01:05:19ZengIslamic Azad UniversityInternational Journal of Agricultural Management and Development2159-58522159-58602011-12-0114247257Effect of Socio-economic Factors on Fish Catch in Lower Ogun River, Isheri-olofin and Ihsasi, Ogun State, NigeriaNafisat Bolatito, IkenweiweAdekule Adedoyin, IdowuNathanael Akinsafe, BamideleOtubusin SamuelEunice Oluremi, FadipeThis study was undertaken to investigate the effect of socioeconomic factors on fish catch around the Lower OgunRiver in Isheri-Olofin area (downstream) and Ishasi (upstream).Two hundred and fifty (250) respondents were randomly sampled.The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and chisquare. It was found that a large percentage (74.4%) ownedpersonal fishing craft. 18% of the respondents have not had anyformal education, 38.4% had attended primary school, 42.4%had attended secondary school, and 1.2% had attended a tertiaryinstitution. Majority (62%) of the respondents were marriedwhile 31.2 % were single. The result shows that 98.4% of the respondents constitutes male while the remaining 1.6% constitutesfemale. 70.4 % of the respondents fall within the age bracket of15–40 years while the remaining 29.6 % are elderly with agerange of 41-66 years. It was also discovered that there is a significance decline in the abundance of catch in the downstreamcompared to the upstream. There is significant difference betweenthe two stations in all socioeconomic factors evaluated.http://www.ijamad.com/1(4)/ijamad-7-1(4).pdfSocio-economicFishcatchOgun River. |
| spellingShingle | Nafisat Bolatito, Ikenweiwe Adekule Adedoyin, Idowu Nathanael Akinsafe, Bamidele Otubusin Samuel Eunice Oluremi, Fadipe Effect of Socio-economic Factors on Fish Catch in Lower Ogun River, Isheri-olofin and Ihsasi, Ogun State, Nigeria International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development Socio-economic Fishcatch Ogun River. |
| title | Effect of Socio-economic Factors on Fish Catch in Lower Ogun River, Isheri-olofin and Ihsasi, Ogun State, Nigeria |
| title_full | Effect of Socio-economic Factors on Fish Catch in Lower Ogun River, Isheri-olofin and Ihsasi, Ogun State, Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Effect of Socio-economic Factors on Fish Catch in Lower Ogun River, Isheri-olofin and Ihsasi, Ogun State, Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Socio-economic Factors on Fish Catch in Lower Ogun River, Isheri-olofin and Ihsasi, Ogun State, Nigeria |
| title_short | Effect of Socio-economic Factors on Fish Catch in Lower Ogun River, Isheri-olofin and Ihsasi, Ogun State, Nigeria |
| title_sort | effect of socio economic factors on fish catch in lower ogun river isheri olofin and ihsasi ogun state nigeria |
| topic | Socio-economic Fishcatch Ogun River. |
| url | http://www.ijamad.com/1(4)/ijamad-7-1(4).pdf |
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