Having completely emptied their own reserves, foreign industrial fishing trawlers from the likes of Europe and Russia had moved into West African waters where they are continuing their large scale destructive fishing practices. Recent canceling of fishing licenses by the the newly elected Senegalese government has been a very important first step towards restoring the fisheries to what they were before large-scale plunder began.

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Senegal Fisheries Documentation (Photos & Video)

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Unique identifier: GP0477C

Type: Image

Shoot date: 24/07/2012

Locations: Africa, Senegal, Western Africa

Size: 4024px × 2677px 4.34 MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)