First Independent Mena Newspaper
The West African sub-region annually loses $26 billion to illegal fishing and illicit trade in marine resources, a senior Ghanian official has warned, echoing a recent report by an independent intergovernmental body that globally, nature is declining at rates unprecedented in human history, and species’ extinction is accelerating at an alarming rate. In an address […]
American and European navies are teaming up with their counterparts from eight West African countries to conduct joint training operations off the coast of Senegal this week that are mainly aimed at combating illegal fishing off the West African coast. As unreported and unregulated fishing has spread along West Africa’s coasts, scooping up an estimate […]
Senegal and Liberia Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding to curtail “illegal and unauthorized” fishing activities within their respective maritime borders. Pape Sagna Mbaye, Senegal’s Minister of Fisheries and Maritime Economy, and his Liberian counterpart Metieh Glassco signed in capital Dakar the agreement, which according to the Senegalese side, will enable the arrest in Senegalese […]
Tunisia has arrested 17 Egyptian fishermen accused of illegal fishing activities in its waters. The information was confirmed Saturday by Egypt’s State Information Service (SIS). Assistant foreign minister for consular affairs said Egypt is closely following up the conditions of the 17 fishermen detained by Tunisian authorities. It is unclear when the fishermen were detained. […]