Pirate fishing in Sierra Leone: A multi-million dollar business
Date: Monday 13th February 2012, 6:30 - 9PM Venue: Lecture Theatre G2, SOAS...Screening followed by panel discussion with Al Jazeera reporter Juliana Ruhfus; a representative from Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF); and a representative from the Sierra Leone High Commission. Chair: Dr David Harris, Teaching Fellow, Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS. The world's precious marine resources are being depleted by industrial-scale illegal fishing operations to feed the growing sea-food hungry markets of Europe and Asia. This problem is particularly acute in West African waters where fish is a vital protein source for millions of people. In Pirate Fishing, reporter Juliana Ruhfus and producer Orlando von Einsiedel take to the seas off Sierra Leone with an NGO, the Environmental Justice Foundation, to investigate the area’s illegal fishing trade...Please rsvp to [email protected]