Blogposts tagged 'Mauritania'

The ocean is not a factory

Posted by Alicia C - 5 April 2012 at 9:58am - 1 Comment

It seems the captain of Britain’s largest fishing boat isn’t partial to a spot of tea, despite a kind invitation from John Vidal, Environment Editor of the Guardian, as he radioed the vessel from our ship the Arctic Sunrise, off the coast of Mauritania. (See for yourself in John’s video, above.)

Article tagged as: CFP, common fisheries policy, john vidal, Mauritania, oceans, overfishing, west africa

Fixing fairness in fisheries starts at home

Posted by Willie - 30 March 2012 at 10:23am - 2 Comments
Artisanal fishing boat 40 miles off the coast of Mauritania
All rights reserved. Credit: Greenpeace / Pierre Gleizes
Artisanal fishing boat 40 miles off the coast of Mauritania

Approximately 1.5 MILLION small-scale fishermen live and work along the coast of West Africa. They live a life directly dependent on the seas on their doorstep. And it's not just them - their families and communities depend on it too, of course. Yet here in the seas off West Africa it's clear to see their interests are being ignored in favour of allowing massive, industrialised, factory fishing vessels to gobble up all the fish. Of course some of this is illicit, but much of it is legitimised plunder, such as the huge PFA vessels down here with EU subsidies and paid-for Fisheries Partnership Agreements. 

Article tagged as: artisanal fishermen, CFP, common fisheries policy, fishing, Mauritania, oceans, west africa

African Voices tour diary: fishermen bring their mission to the UK

Posted by Alicia C - 27 May 2011 at 10:41am
Celestino Oliveira, Abdou Karim Sall and Issa Moustapha Diop meet fishing commun
All rights reserved. Credit: © Francisco Rivotti / Greenpeace
Celestino Oliveira, Abdou Karim Sall and Issa Moustapha Diop meet fishing communities in Penzance

Last week, three African fishermen - Karim of Senegal, Celestino of Cape Verde and Issa of Mauritania - were in the UK for the African Voices tour to deliver an urgent message: that EU fleets must stop stealing fish from African Waters.

Article tagged as: African Voices, Cape Verde, CFP, common fisheries policy, cornwall, fishing, Mauritania, Project Ocean, richard benyon, senegal

African Voices slideshow: local fishing communities under threat

Posted by Gemma Freeman - 12 May 2011 at 5:00pm
Fishingboats arriving to Tarrafal, Santiago, Cape Verde.
All rights reserved. Credit: © Christian Åslund / Greenpeace
Fishingboats arriving to Tarrafal, Santiago, Cape Verde.

On Sunday the latest leg of African Voices begins, as three delegates from West African fishing communities arrive in London to start a tour of the UK, speaking out on how the invasion of industrial-sized EU fleets are threatening their livelihoods, food security and marine ecosystems.

Article tagged as: African Voices, Cape Verde, CFP, Dakar, destructive fishing, fish fight, fishing, Mauritania, photography, senegal, slideshows, sustainable fishing, tuna, west africa
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