About 2,000 crew members withdrew labour over pay and conditions, as well as citing serious breaches of overfishing rules by Spanish and French companies The waters of west Africa and the Indian Ocean boast some of the world's largest, healthiest populations of tropical tuna, and that makes them havens for industrial tuna fishing fleets, owned by countries vastly richer than the nations whose borders form these coastlines. In order to protect the fish populations of poorer African nations from r...
Massive strike pits African fishers against 'superprofitable' EU firms
The Guardian - 14 Jun 2023 13:44
About 2,000 crew members withdrew labour over pay and conditions, as well as citing serious breaches of overfishing rules by Spanish and French companies The waters of west Africa and the Indian Ocean boast some of the world's largest, healthiest populations of tropical tuna, and that makes them havens for industrial tuna fishing fleets, owned by countries vastly richer than the nations whose borders form these coastlines. In order to protect the fish populations of poorer African nations from r...
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