The Port of Dahkla in Western Sahara

The port of Dahkla, Western Sahara, is the home port of the ex-EU trawlers that help Morocco exploiting the fish stocks in the waters off occupied Western Sahara. A Greenpeace report launched in December 2013 and titled "Exporting Exploitation: How retired EU fishing vessels are devastating West African fish stocks and undermining the rights of local people", shows how both EU fishing and Norwegian vessels are being exported to fish in the controversial waters of the territory of Western Sahara, occupied by Morocco.

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Unique identifier: GP0STO555

Type: Image

Shoot date: 09/02/2011

Locations: Dahkla, Maghreb, Northern Africa, Western Sahara

Credit line: © Western Sahara Resource Watch

Size: 5184px × 3456px 6MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)

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West African Fishery Discard

Images of the fishing vessel Adrar discarding an estimated 60 tonnes of sardines outside Dahkla, Western Sahara. According to the watchdog NGO Western Sahara Resource Watch, a total of 1000 tonnes of fish is said to have been discarded by Adrar alone during 2013. A Greenpeace report launched in December 2013 and titled "Exporting Exploitation: How retired EU fishing vessels are devastating West African fish stocks and undermining the rights of local people", shows how both EU fishing and Norwegian vessels are being exported to fish in the controversial waters of the territory of Western Sahara, occupied by Morocco. This shoot includes an image of another fishing trawler, the Meya, in the port of Dahkla in 2012, and another general shot of the same port in 2011.

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Exporting Exploitation - West African Fishery Discard (All Photographers)

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