Greenpeace calls for EU to intervene in West Africa s fishmeal production surge
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A Greenpeace report that will be published later this year details food security issues caused by the fast-growing fishmeal industry in West Africa.
The report will detail the value chain and chain of custody of the African fishmeal industry, claiming the sector’s growth is being fed by overfishing and other unsustainable practices, according to Ibrahima Cisse, the Senegal-based Senior Oceans Campaign Manager at Greenpeace Africa. Those problems, in turn, are driving migration as West Africans dependent on small-scale fishing for food and income lose their livelihoods, Cisse said.