This study made it possible to analyze the marketing and consumption of catches from Lake Songori in the Gontougo Region. To do this, a survey was conducted among 8 wholesalers working on this dam and 101 consumers drawn at random from June to August 2014. The results show that the commercial activity is practiced by nationals who have no training in management. of business. The transport and trade of fish takes place in a completely unhygienic environment with rudimentary means of preservation. However, with Oreochromis niloticus as an economically more important species, wholesalers achieve a turnover greater than or equal to 50% compared to fishermen. The local population, for its part, hardly benefits from the catches made, most of the production (75% to 100%) being sold in urban areas. Thus, irregular consumers (46.5%) remain the most numerous. Faced with this situation, the customary authorities should really get involved in the management of this body of water to enable local residents to benefit from it and fight against food insecurity in rural areas. The development of this activity seems logically inevitable to help meet the challenge of self-sufficiency in animal protein at the local level.

The lagoon waters of Côte d’Ivoire contribute to the country’s self-sufficiency in fish products, in the face of ever-increasing needs. This study examines the current state of exploitation of the Aby lagoon by individual fishermen. It is the result of three months of surveys, from April to June 2022, with fishermen and the fisheries administration of Adiaké. The results show that fishing is in the hands of nationals. Mostly uneducated (50%), those traditional fishermen use as dominant gears: small-mesh nets (75.20%) and nailed plank pirogues (61.91%). The most important species in catches are Ethmalosa fimbriata and Sarotherodon melanotheron with proportions of 34.78% and 30.43% respectively. The annual biomass is estimated at around 275.73 tons. There is a poor cooperation between fishermen and the administration, which impacts negatively the statistical data. The use of non-selective gears remains one the major constraints against the preservation of aquatic biodiversity. Therefore, management programs and research projects have to be implemented for avoiding an eventual collapse of stocks. A study on the spatio-temporal distribution of species with high aquaculture potential could be considered.