Approach Used and Relevant marine sectors of GCLM
•DOI (Prices in International Market were
used)
•Fisheries, some NTFP and Mining activities.
Tourism and Timber were
considered although actual calculations were not done.
•Data sources:
FAO data sets, World Bank (World Development Indicators 2004), US Department of the Interior (2005), Oil and Gas journal Data Book
(2004) Nigeria Federal
Department of Fisheries, Data collected through a questionnaire from some GCLME countries made available by Dr. Ajao
•In estimation
of fish landing value for the GCLME countries, landings were aggregated for 1999-2003 and market prices were used