Food security
Beatrice Gorez
New report from Changing Markets Foundation ...

The research presents evidence that this production for use of global aquaculture supply chains is precipitating the collapse of stocks and compromising food security

New report from Changing Markets Foundation highlights the catastrophe provoked by fishmeal factories in The Gambia

The Gambia

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Senegal's exports of fishmeal and fish oil "explode"

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Senegal's exports of fishmeal and fish oil "explode"

The annual report on exports of fishery products confirms the trend: Senegal is becoming, after Mauritania and the Gambia, one of the countries that favours the production and export of fishmeal and fish oil to the detriment of the nutrition of its population.

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The message from African artisanal fishers to the FAO: "Sardinella should be reserved for small-scale fishers, for human consumption, not for fishmeal"

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The message from African artisanal fishers to the FAO: "Sardinella should be reserved for small-scale fishers, for human consumption, not for fishmeal"

The FAO organised a workshop in Accra (Ghana) from 5 to 7 December on the theme: "Optimising food and nutritional security and the benefits of small pelagic species production in sub-Saharan Africa". In a joint presentation, CAOPA and CFFA warned of the impact of the decline in sardinella in West Africa on fishers, women fish processors and consumers.

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Fishmeal and fish oil production in West Africa destroys the region’s resources to the benefit of foreign countries

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Fishmeal and fish oil production in West Africa destroys the region’s resources to the benefit of foreign countries

A FAO report on the impacts of the fish-based feed industry in sub-Saharan Africa calls for “effective harvesting and post-harvesting practices” to prevent fish from being redirected away from human consumption.

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Looming clouds in the Gambian coastal skies

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Looming clouds in the Gambian coastal skies

In this story by Béatrice Gorez and Dawda Foday Saine and first published in the Yemaya magazine in November, the authors look at the obscuring future of women in fisheries in Gambia as the dense fumes of fishmeal factories are being regurgitated into the environment. Fishmeal factories compete with women for access to small pelagics, and encourage overfishing and illegal fishing.

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The Gambia-EU SFPA: transparency is necessary to make the fight against IUU efficient

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The Gambia-EU SFPA: transparency is necessary to make the fight against IUU efficient

The West African country has bought equipment for a Fisheries Monitoring Center with the SFPA sectoral support funds. Gambian fishers call for more transparency, including the publication of the list of fishing licenses which would facilitate participatory surveillance.

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The French, the third largest consumers of seafood in Europe, are unaware of the harmful impacts of aquaculture

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The French, the third largest consumers of seafood in Europe, are unaware of the harmful impacts of aquaculture

The new report “Dans les mailles du filet” from Changing Markets foundation ranks eight French retailers on how they are addressing the sustainability implications of the farmed seafood they sell.