The instruments used for **data** collection in this study were; questionnaire, structured interview and focus group discussion. These instruments were designed based on the objectives of the study. Questionnaire was administered to literate and semi-literate fishermen, structured interview was granted to village heads and fishing coordinators and then focus group discussion was conducted for illiterate fishermen. The questionnaire for **data** collection titled: Questionnaire on Information Sources Dissemination and Utilization Patterns of the Artisanal Fishery Sector in Benue State, Nigeria (see Appendix A). Some of these questions were constructed using (4) point scaling rate as strongly agree (SA), Agree (A), Disagree (DA) and Strongly Disagree (SDA). Scores of 4, 3, 2, and 1 respectively were assigned to options above. So that any item that has a mean 2.5 and above is accepted to be positive and below 2.5 is taken to low. The number 3 of the questionnaire addressed the first objective of the study and respondents were expected to indicate Yes or No. Structured interview was granted to one community head and one fishing coordinator in each local government while focus group discussion of six artisanal fishermen per local government was conducted with illiterate fishermen. All these were based on research questions that guided the study (See Appendix A).