Fubara raises alarm over activities of foreign trawlers in Nigeria waterways

By Daniel AbiaP/Harcourt

Governor Siminalaye Fubara of Rivers state has called for action to checkmate the continuous illegal incursion into Nigerian Maritime environment by foreign fishing trawlers.

Fubara said this while declaring open the 66th Annual General Meeting/Conference of The Nigerian Chambers of Commerce, industry,Mines and Agriculture( NACCIMA) in Port Harcourt

Theme for the conference was”The Gulf of Guinea And The Blue Economy: PATHWAYS To A ONE Trillion dollars Economy”

Fubara who was represented by his deputy professor Mrs Ngozi Nma Odu said the nation must wake up and be on guard against the activities of foreign fishing trawlers which have continued to scoop up the nation’s sea food without compensation.