Senegal is fed up with the empty nets of its fishermen
For de Volkskrant, January 2025, Senegal – Senegal’s new leaders promise distraught fishermen to address the crisis in fishing, for in the seas off Senegal, fewer and fewer fish are swimming. Foreign trawlers are to blame, they argue in Dakar. It’s time for “Senegal first“ ». Morning atmosphere at Yoff fishing port while the research team from the Centre de recherche océanographique de Dakar-Thiaroye (CRODT) come to tally the number of boats that moor here, how many days they have been at sea and the price of a crate of the different fish to then report their statistics to the Ministry of Fisheries. Journalist Saskia Houttuin.
