The Gulf of Guinea lapping nine (9) states of the Nigerian Federation offers best-in-the-world spawning and breeding waters for shrimp and prawns. Lying so close to the equator in the middle of humid Africa and abutting the largest tropical mangrove swampland, temperatures average 30 degrees Centigrade. The warm tropical water and its vast creeks and ravines habour rich and wild undergrowth's that offer natural spawning ground for crustaceans and these can be easily adapted for both small and industrial scale cultivation.
Despite shrimps and prawns literally popping out of the Nigerian coastal waters even up to the middle seventies, the Nigerian coastal communities never developed the culture of shrimp farming inspite of the worldwide booming trade in the product and inspite of the fact that shrimp and prawns cultivation remain one of the most lucrative farming enterprises in a modern world that has become insatiable for its consumption.
A reason for this cultural and investment failure may be the disruptions and pollution of the waters that oil exploration and production caused in the Niger Delta and the fact that there was no encouragement from the Federal Authorities that had become so unhinged and covetous of Petro-dollars from Crude oil.
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