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Sierra Leone’s China relations block targeted action against illegal fishing

Ogunade, Feyi (2025) Sierra Leone’s China relations block targeted action against illegal fishing.

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Abstract

For nearly four decades, illegal foreign-owned fleets have devastated Sierra Leone’s once sustainable fisheries industry. Sierra Leone’s 400 km Atlantic coastline once contained abundant marine resources crucial to the nation’s economy. Fishing contributes 12% of the country’s gross domestic product and is the primary source of protein for 80% of the population. The industry employs around 500 000 people out of a population of eight million. But these jobs and economic benefits are in jeopardy. They have already dwindled and are under continual threat from the brazen network of foreign vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing along Sierra Leone’s coast, including exclusion zones designated for local fishers.

Item Type: Articles
Keywords: Sierra Leone, China, Illegal Fishing, Sustainable Fisheries, Fishing Industry, Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU), Local Communities, Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Marine Resources, Fisheries Management
Subjects: Right to Resources
Depositing User: Kokila ICSF Krish
Date Deposited: 18 Sep 2025 10:36
Last Modified: 18 Sep 2025 10:36
URI: http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/22496

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