In Senegal … - The Octopus spreads its tentacles

ICSF, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (1990) In Senegal … - The Octopus spreads its tentacles. Samudra Report (3). pp. 15-17. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

In Senegal, Japanese and Korean vessels, called”pick-up ships”. take on board a few dozen traditional Senegalese canoes together with their crews-about two hundred artisanal fishermen and ferry them towards the rich fishing grounds off, say, Guinea or Liberia. As soon as they reach their destination, the fishermen and their craft are lowered by crane. The fish, which is usually very high quality, is bought dire-cheap from the fishermen to be sent to Japanese, American or European markets. This is just one of the new strategies which the industrialised countries are applying in order to satisfy their populations’ increasing demand for fresh fish and highly-appreciated species. Other methods are more insidious,but just as efficient. Aliou SALL, sociologistand fisheries consultant for the Centre for Fisheries Research, Development and Intermediate Technology - Daker (CREDETIP), examines here how multinationals redeploy their tentacles.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM0020
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, Octopus, Senegal, Artisanal Fisheries, Small-scale Fisheries, Centre for Research for the Development of Intermediary Fishing Technologies, Markets, Conferences, Women, Fishing Craft, Fishing Grounds, Fishing Rights
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Varsha V icsf
Date Deposited:	13 Oct 2021 11:07
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2022 18:26
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/133

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