EEZ

Fisheries in Africa: Exclusive Economic Zones for which purpose?

Fisheries in Africa: Exclusive Economic Zones for which purpose?

This policy brief by Michel Morin analyses the paradox between the rights that African coastal States have over their EEZs according to UNCLOS and the low benefit they derive from them for their populations, particularly for food security and employment. The article shows that there is a structural weakness in the market of fishing rights which is explained by corruption and lack of transparency, and it concludes by the need for a change of governance in the management of African fisheries.