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Published on 4 February 2016 by the Africa Progress Panel, this two minute long video presents the estimate that illegal and unregulated fishing costs West Africa alone USD 1.3 billion a year. The livelihoods of artisanal fishing people are being destroyed, Africa is losing a vital source of protein and nutrition, and opportunities to enter higher value-added areas of world trade are being lost.

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Fisheries in Africa

Fisheries in Africa

The Africa Progress Report 2014 Grain, fish, money: financing Africa’s Green and Blue Revolutions, also available In French as Agriculture, pêche et capitaux : comment financer les révolutions verte et bleue de l’Afrique highlights key steps to halt the shadowy practices in ocean fishing across the globe. This is related to the new global Fisheries Transparency Initiative, supported by Kofi Annan.