Ornamental live fish from Nigeria is not just fish. It is the hope of a mosquito-bitten fisherman to feed his children, the grind of a supplier to make a little profit from his ultra-risky trade and sometimes gamble due to a subpar transportation network in Nigeria and the sleepless, almost unending, night of the final exporter whose expectation of exporting his fishes, a symbol of hope and life from the players above, may just get bashed by the numerous unintended adversaries on delivering the mixed bags of toil and hopes to the final consumer which might be a young boy who loves the long and usual “ trunk” of Gnathonemus petersii or the playfulness and intimacy of the numerous puffers. Or, any species of the numerous Polypterus could be delivered to the monster fish lovers.
Let me give you an exporter’s view of this process.
First, let me tell you a little about my country.
Nigeria is synonymous to diversity. There is diversity in everything Nigerian. From culture to our food, ethnic groups to languages and even to the fish species we offer. With Polypterus species from the far sun-stricken desert north, Hydrocynus species from the well watered middle belt where River Niger and River Benue meet and unique puffers and cichlids from the rich creeks in the south, the ornamental fish industry…
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