West Africa: Illegal Fishing Costs West African Nations Billions in Revenue

Cape Town — Six West African nations lose U.S. $2.3 billion a year as a result of illegal fishing, says a new report from Amnesty International.

The human rights group names Gambia, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Guinea and Sierra Leone as the countries in the regions whose economies are damaged by the practice.

The report, which focusses in particular on abuses in Gambia, examines the operations of fishmeal and fish oil factories  and the damage caused by foreign-owned industrial…

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