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Article

10 Apr 2002

Author:
U.N. Integrated Regional Information Networks

WEST AFRICA: New FAO project to tackle illegal fishing

A programme to combat fish poaching implemented by the Food and Agriculture Programme, is to target illegal trawling in West African countries including Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Senegal and Sierra Leone...Vessels from Europe, FAO said, trawl off the coasts of West African countries taking advantage of lack of surveillance aircraft....The fish is sold in supermarkets in wealthy countries to consumers who do not realize that they are buying food stolen from the poor