Senegal: overfishing is taking its toll

Published on : 16/09/2022 – 16:56

In Senegal, where the waters abound with fish, fishing is the main export sector, providing a living for more than 600,000 people. So when the Europeans and the Chinese set up their greedy fishmeal factories on the coast and factory ships offshore, the consequences are dramatic.

Guests :

Haidar El Ali, former Minister of Ecology and Nature Protection and Minister of Fisheries in Senegal

Moustapha Dieng, responsible for two unions of traditional fishermen in Saint-Louis

Reportage at the fishing port of Joal Fadiouth by Guillaume Collanges, Sébastien Daycard-Heid and Marie Grout from the Argos collective.

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