Identification Of Fishing Gears and Assessment of Socio-Economic Status of Fishermen in River Yauri, Kebbi State Nigeria

This study aim to assess the present socio-economic status of fishermen in Yauri River. Three landing site were randomly selected and information about fishing gears and the social status of the fishermen, such as education level, age, occupation, family size, and other facilities were collected using a set of structured questionnaire from 100 fishermen. In this study, the sociodemographic results revealed that all the fishermen 43% were youth between 21 and 40 years old however, only 19% had their formal education. On the other hand, most of the fishermen (54%) engaged in fishing as their main occupation, with 73% categorized as low income earners of the fisher’s community. Looking at the educational level and the standard of living of the fishermen, there is a need for the government and the non-government organizations to place some efforts in other to help in improving the facilities and amenities available within the fishermen community of Yauri.