The cost to Africans for IUU fishing in Africa's coastal waters is astronomical. Sub-Saharan countries in western Africa are losing a significant portion of their GDP to IUU fishing.
By Allieu M. Shaw Africa is undoubtedly endowed with vast marine resources and mineral wealth sufficient to feed its people for many generations, yet many coastal countries in Africa live in dire poverty and millions of African children are hungry or are at risk for severe acute malnutrition. This deep poverty and related challenges leaves children and […]
The unbridled exploitation of fisheries resources poses a real threat to the sustainability of the blue economy in Africa, including in the ATLAF-CO zone bordering the Atlantic Ocean. Urgent and concerted measures are needed to ensure the renewal of stocks and their sustainability. The new concept of the «blue economy» has varying defi-nitions. Generally, there […]
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