Title of article :
Effect of Socio-economic Factors on Fish Catch in Lower Ogun River, Isheri-olofin and Ihsasi, Ogun State, Nigeri
Author/Authors :
Nafisat Bolatito، Ikenweiwe نويسنده Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management University of Agriculture, PMB2240, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria , , Adekule Adedoyin، Idowu نويسنده Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management University of Agriculture, PMB2240, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria , , Nathanael Akinsafe، Bamidele نويسنده Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management University of Agriculture, PMB2240, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria , , Otubusin ، Samuel نويسنده Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management University of Agriculture, PMB2240, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria , , Eunice Oluremi، Fadipe نويسنده Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Management University of Agriculture, PMB2240, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria ,
Abstract :
This study was undertaken to investigate the effect of socioeconomic factors on fish catch around the Lower Ogun
River 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%) owned
personal fishing craft. 18% of the respondents have not had any
formal education, 38.4% had attended primary school, 42.4%
had attended secondary school, and 1.2% had attended a tertiary
institution. Majority (62%) of the respondents were married
while 31.2 % were single. The result shows that 98.4% of the respondents constitutes male while the remaining 1.6% constitutes
female. 70.4 % of the respondents fall within the age bracket of
15–40 years while the remaining 29.6 % are elderly with age
range of 41-66 years. It was also discovered that there is a significance decline in the abundance of catch in the downstream
compared to the upstream. There is significant difference between
the two stations in all socioeconomic factors evaluated.
