The Afrika Super Trawler in Mauritania

AFRIKA SCH 24 SCHEVENINGEN, a Dutch super trawler fishing 30 miles off the coast of Mauritania.

Greenpeace is campaigning in West Africa for the establishment of a sustainable, low impact fisheries policy that takes into account the needs and interests of small-scale fishermen and the local communities that depend on healthy oceans.

Unique identifier: GP03QPM

Type: Image

Shoot date: 02/03/2012

Locations: Africa, Atlantic Ocean, Mauritania, Western Africa

Credit line: © Pierre Gleizes / Greenpeace

Size: 3877px × 2579px 3MB

Ranking: ★★★★★★★ (A)

Containers

Shoot:

West Africa Fisheries Tour

West African waters including those of Senegal have been subject to overfishing for decades, the effects of which are being felt by local communities. 90% of the cost for fishing rights to huge trawlers that plunder West African waters is financed by EU tax money. The scientific community recognizes that fishing capacity of many stocks must be reduced in order to ensure the long term sustainability of West Africa’s marine resources. Greenpeace is campaigning in West Africa for the establishment of a sustainable, low impact fisheries policy that takes into account the needs and interests of small-scale fishermen and the local communities that depend on healthy oceans.

Related Collections:

Protect the Ocean Photo Exhibition in UK

Collection of Supertrawler Images

PRESS_COLLECTION Protect the Oceans Petition

UN Ocean Treaty Talks in New York on Brink of Failure (Press)

Bedrohung Überfischung

West Africa Fisheries Tour and Documentation (Photo + Video)

World Fisheries Day 2022 Collection

Conceptually similar