Fishermen on a beach in Freetown, Sierra Leone, recently. Over the past decade, industrial foreign vessels have increased illegal activities off Sierra Leone either on their own or by enticing small-scale fishers into illicit partnerships. – AFP pic, April 1, 2019.
SIERRA Leone has banned industrial fishing in its territorial waters for a month from today in a move to try to shore up stocks that was applauded by environmental activists. The government also decreed an April 1-30 halt to exports by major fishing companies “to protect our fish stock from depletion”, said a statement from the Fisheries Ministry.
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