Ocean Sentry
Nine of the 10 vessels believed to be responsible for the bulk of more than 250 reports of illegal fishing off the coast of Sierra Leone are cleared to export their catches to the European market, an environment watchdog group has found. Illegal fishing is rampant in West Africa”s Gulf of Guinea where impoverished coastal nations with little capacity to police their waters lose up to $1.5 billion in annual income to ships operating in protected zones or without proper licenses…. Source
