After almost six years of implementation, the “Mitao Forecast”, an early warning system in the maritime zone, enables fishermen to improve their safety at sea, sustainable and responsible stock management has begun to prevail in villages and good income management is being adopted by fishermen’s households. The resilience of fishing…
In Guinea, artisanal fisheries are the livelihood of tens of thousands of people. In 2016, there were 23,000 fishermen operating 7,523 boats. And today, actors in the sector are facing enormous security problems. At Conakry’s main landing sites (Boulbinet, Bonfi, Téménétaye, Dixinn and Kapora), artisanal fishermen are saddened by what…
In Senegal, the department of Foundiougne is one of the strongholds of shrimp production. Nearly 300 tonnes are landed there every year, i.e. 77% of the total landings according to the Foundiougne fisheries control post. The industry involves nearly 700 fishermen from Foundiougne including 20 surrounding villages and from the…
MV Wakashio, a Japanese ship, was stranded on a coral reef on 25 July 2020. Spilling ¼ of the 4000 tonnes of fuel it was carrying. This caused an oil spill in Mauritius. This ecological disaster is affecting small Mauritian fishermen.
More than a mere subsistence activity, fish smoking on Benin’s coast is a real entrepreneurial activity in the daily life of many actors. It certainly offers them many permanent jobs, but it also causes health discomforts. Immersed in this world, on the smoking sites of Cotonou, Sémè and Ouidah, our…
49-year-old Hajj Ramadhan Omar cannot help but reminisce about his past fishing days. During the good old days, Omar, who learnt how to fish using his wooden canoe from his late grandfather, says he could trap up to 50 kilograms of prawns. A sharp contrast to the three kilograms he…
Children in the West African country’s small-scale fisheries are tasked with operations that expose them to severe injuries. By George A. Harris Fourteen years old, William Wleh is not a stranger to how Liberia’s small-scale fisheries work. The lad spends most of his extracurricular time and weekends performing long-hour activities…
The times are bad and local fishermen in Lagos are facing a tough time; no thanks to migrant fishermen. By Ruth Akinwunmi-King Migrant fishermen from countries across Africa fish on Lagos waters thus compounding the woes of local fishermen on the one hand and the Lagos State government on the…
The decline in fish production and the growing population are leading to a serious deterioration in Benin’s fish supply conditions. Against this background, fish farming is a bulwark to supplement inland fishing. However, feeding farmed fish is often a difficult equation to solve. It calls for fishmeal, a commodity whose…
Artisanal fishing plays a significant role in the socio-economic development of Burkina Faso. On the Bagré and Loumbila dams, dozens of rural youth live on this activity. But despite the economic spinoffs, the players in the sector are involved in a “low-valued” profession under tough conditions. Here are a few…