A Comparative Study of Nigeria’s Sea Fisheries Act and Sea Fisheries Regulations Vis-a-vis Malaysia’s Fisheries Act

Macaulay J. D. Akpan

Donnish Journal of Law and Conflict Resolution

September 2017 Vol. 3(2), pp. 025-028

Original Research Article

A Comparative Study of Nigeria's Sea Fisheries Act and Sea Fisheries Regulations Vis-a-vis Malaysia's Fisheries Act

Macaulay J. D. Akpan

Senior Lecturer, Law Unit, Department of Accountancy, Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua and Facilitator, NOUN, Uyo Study Centre

Corresponding Author's Email: mackinsav@yahoo.com

Accepted 6th September, 2017.

Abstract

This paper examines the Sea Fisheries Act of Nigeria and Malaysia. The Sea Fisheries Act is a law designed to regulate the exploration and exploitation of fisheries in a country’s sea limit for the purposes of fisheries conservation, preservation and management with a view to promoting the country’s economic development and fishery products for human consumption. However, because of obvious peculiarities in these countries, there are bound to be no uniformity in the intendment and stipulations in such Act. Therefore, the net and comparative results and benefits both to the States, their citizens and foreigners differ. As a consequence, this work found that though there is no uniformity in the intendment and stipulations in such Acts what is key and critical is the ability to even enforce and implement the Acts as they are and such could be reviewed in response to good practice from time to time. Therefore, this paper recommends that Nigerian Government could benefit even from her Sea Fisheries Act and its Regulations notwithstanding their comparative inadequacies, if the relevant federal and state agencies in the sector are funded and well equipped to discharge their functions.

Keywords: Fisheries, Regulations, Fish Stock, Fish Catch, Fish Taking, Motor fishing boats.

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Macaulay J. D. Akpan. A Comparative Study of Nigeria’s Sea Fisheries Act and Sea Fisheries Regulations Vis-a-vis Malaysia’s Fisheries Act. Donnish Journal of Law and Conflict Resolution 3(2) 2017 pp. 025-028.