There has been a migration of new species and increased fish stock sizes in the creeks of Ogoniland engendered by the post-restoration fish stock assessment of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP).
Checks by Kristina Reports show significant gains recorded in the ongoing shoreline remediation and completion of Phase 1 mangrove restoration in Bomu, Gokana LGA by HYPREP.
The post-fish stock assessment, as shared on HYPREP’s official Facebook handle, was carried out last Saturday, January 17, 2026, at the Bomu Creek.
Project Coordinator of HYPREP, Professor Nenibarini Zabbey, led a team comprising HYPREP’s shoreline and mangrove staff members, academics from the University of Port Harcourt, and fisherfolk on the assessment.
Kristina Reports learnt that, notably, the assessment recorded larger sizes of the Flathead grey mullet (Mugil Cephalus).
After the science came the culture as the project coordinator and some community people rendezvoused at D-KISSY Bush Bar & Restaurant (aka GBAAZIRI), one of the businesses that is situated by the creek of Bomu.
They were treated to roasted fish and the soothing inodorous breeze.
The event goes beyond the fish stock assessment to one that reawakens the cultural and convivial bonds that once characterized the Ogoni socio-cultural milieu and HYPREP’s efforts to revamp and preserve these pristine heritages.