Dr. Ibrahima Cisse (center) senior oceans campaign manager at Greenpeace Africa, during a meeting with fishery authorities.
Senegalese fish processor women handover their memorandum to the Fisheries Minister after they met with Greenpeace and outlined their demands to the fishery authorities to stop fishmeal and fish oil production in West Africa.
Greenpeace is in Dakar as part of the “Protect the Oceans” tour, a year long pole to pole expedition. The aim of the expedition is to raise awareness among decision-makers and the international community of the need to protect the oceans and to safeguard biodiversity and ensure the sustainable use of the resources on which many of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people depend.