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Overfishing

Sierra Leone is dependent on wild catch seafood. Overfishing and illegal trawling have reduced wild catch and threatens food security

The impact of Overfishing in Sierra Leone

https://news.mongabay.com/2022/05/in-sierra-leone-local-fishers-and-foreign-trawlers-battle-for-their-catch/#:~:text=Sierra%20Leone's%20Ministry%20of%20Fisheries%20and%20Marine%20Resources%20estimates%20that,be%20heading%20toward%20a%20cliff

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/01/sierra-leone-families-starving-chinese-trawlers-industrial-overfishing-destroying-lives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRCo6-7s3mc

https://theconversation.com/west-africas-falling-fish-stocks-illegal-chinese-trawlers-climate-change-and-artisanal-fishing-fleets-to-blame-226819

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/10/fish-oil-and-fishmeal-industry-harming-food-security-in-west-africa-warns-un

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210323-the-factories-turning-west-africas-fish-into-powder

Sierra Leone

West Africa and the Fish Meal Industry

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