West Africa: 300,000 New Jobs If Western Africa Invests in Fisheries Industry - New Report

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London — A crack down on illegal fishing by foreign commercial fleets operating in western Africa and investment in the region's maritime industry could lead to major benefits, including more than 300,000 new jobs, according to a new report from the Overseas Development Institute and porCausa, the Spanish investigative journalism organisation.

The report, 'Western Africa's missing fish', says weak regulation among governments in the region and a lack of deterrence measures, including coastguard patrols, mean that efforts to curb the plunder of the region's rich maritime resources are likely to fail.

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