Publication Date:
2021-07-14
Description:
The study examined the opinion of fishermen and fish buyers on middlemen of Doro Baga fish market. 240 respondents were used as samples with the aid of structured questionnaire, using stratified random sampling technique. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze the data obtained. The study revealed that majority of the fishermen (75%) highly depend on these selling brokers to sell their fish for them because their financial support comes from the selling brokers, moreover they do not have a stand in the market. Among the fish buyers, especially those that buy directly for consumption, see the brokers as people that create confusion during transaction. But 55% of the fish buyers believed that brokers keep the business flowing through their support of the fishermen. While the major problem of the fishermen with the selling brokers is getting the loan from the brokers especially when the fisherman is new in the area or business and on the other side, brokers only give the fish buyers grace of two to three days when they don’t have money, after that the broker would sell the fish to another buyer. These problems can be solved when a strong relationship is established between the fishermen, selling brokers, and fish buyers, or when the government intervenes by giving loans to the fishermen.
Description:
Includes:- 3 figs.;3 refs.
Keywords:
Fisheries
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Management
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Nigeria
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Doro
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Middlemen
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freshwater environment
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Fishermen
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Marketing
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Market research
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Pricing
Repository Name:
AquaDocs
Type:
conference_item
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TRUE
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
application/pdf
Format:
613-618
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