An examination of the recent incidents of shoals of dead croaker fishes washed ashore and floating along the Niger delta regional shorelines to the Atlantic coastline in the gulf of guinea and the hinterland/swamps estuaries, the global environment, updates and implications on the attainment of goal 14 (Life under water) of the united nations sustainable development goals 2019 and its targets

Abstract

The paper examines the recent incidents of shoals of dead croaker fishes washed ashore and floating along the Niger Delta regional shorelines of the Atlantic coastline in the Gulf of Guinea and the hinterland/swamps estuaries, the global environment, updates and implications on the attainment of goal 14 (life under water) of the United Nations sustainable development goals 2019 and its targets. The paper adopts an admixture of the doctrinal, historical, pictorial, comparative, the law and development and empirical approaches. The paper ends with a conclusion and a set of recommendations.