From Senegal to Mozambique, from Guinea Bissau to Mauritania, from Tunisia to Ghana and Comeroon, and so on, communities living from artisanal fisheries show the same attachment to the sea and face the same challenges. SIPA, initiated by the West African Network of Journalists for Responsible Fisheries (REJOPRAO), aims to…

“My name is Sid’Ahmed Abeid. I have been a fisherman for more than thirty-five years. In those days, artisanal fisheries in Mauritania comprised only the Imraguen traditional fishing communities fishing for mullet, and the wolof Mauritanian fishermen from the Ndiago region. Then the octopus fishery developed around Nouadhibou. I can…

In the neighbourhood of M’bour, a 75 year old fisherman, Alioune Ndoye, known as Badou, lives with his family. Old photos, souvenirs of sea trips, drawings of pirogues, posters and some certificates of acknowledgment adorn the wall of his bedroom: “in 1956, I started the job as an artisanal fisherman…