International companies said to be stripping Ghana's sea bare as local fishermen starve
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Times] - November 26, 2014 -
The coast of Ghana used to offer the richest fishing in Africa. Now the country has to import protein-rich food from abroad because international companies are stripping the waters bare.
Jerome closes the door, fearful of being overheard saying what everyone knows: His village is only just clinging on to life, like the once-plentiful fish stocks that sustained it and other coastal communities in Ghana.
"They grab our fishes," he says.
Some of them come officially under EU-subsidized "fisheries partnership agreements" with the government. Others come without a permit and usually head for Ghana...
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