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Article: Africa's disappearing fish. (Special Report).(Statistical Data Included)
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- African Business
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- June 1, 2002
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Senegal serves as a serious warning of what can happen to a country's once-thriving fishing industry. Over-fishing by foreign trawlers who have no stake in the country's future has devastated the country's fish stocks. What can be done to stop this plunder? Milan Vesely has some answers.
A short term cash gain, or a long term fishing industry? That is a decision many African countries with rich fishing grounds are confronted with. With millions of their citizens flocking to coastal cities due to rural poverty, the management of this finite resource will be of crucial importance to the future well-being of their populations.
Many African nations are ...