The role of information in harnessing fisheries and eco-tourism for national development
The importance of information in every sector cannot be over-emphasized. The ability to identify and utilize our natural endowment depends on the availability of information resources within or at the right time. The low level of information provision in Nigeria is attributed to infrastructure as a result of inadequate funding of the sector. Research has shown that information has revolutionized the society, moving the world from the industrial age to the information age and completely changing the way the economy functions. Success goes with the best information. However, for now, if there must be increase in fish production and eco-tourism participation, employment opportunities, poverty reduction, food security and nature appreciation in terms of environment and living creatures, our fisheries scientists and policy makers will have to rely on sources of information using the advantage of libraries, and Information Communication Technology (lCT). This development in information resources affects many areas of Nigerian economy including the fisheries and eco-tourism sectors. The contribution of information resource in the development of the fisheries sub-sector can be viewed under those of fisheries information products like the Nigerian Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. (NIFFIC) database, Proceedings of national conferences of Fisheries Society of Nigeria (FISON), annual and technical reports Fisheries Research Institutes in Nigeria. Also to be brought under perspective is the information products of eco-tourist institutions like the Nigerian National Parks.
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| Format: | conference_item biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Fisheries Society of Nigeria
2007
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| Subjects: | Fisheries, Information Management, Nigeria, brackishwater environment, freshwater environment, marine environment, Information services, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/37742 |
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