Tanzania

“People think the fishing business is for the illiterate, but they cannot be more wrong”

“People think the fishing business is for the illiterate, but they cannot be more wrong”

Three African youth working in small-scale fisheries discuss the challenges they face in their day-to-day and talk about the prejudices and other difficulties that are making the sector not attractive to youth.

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

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.