Sierra Leone: Illegal fishing puts 300,000 jobs at risk

Illegal fishing is pushing fishermen out of work, according to Hadijatou Jallow from the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem Project – an organisation assisting countries adjacent to the Guinea Current Ecosystem to achieve environmental sustainability.

Sierra Leone, which is also a member of the Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (GCLME), is experiencing fishing problems as a result of over-fishing, pollution and illegal fishing.

Information sourced from the Interim Guinea Current Commission indicates that the “incursion of trawlers into the Inshore Exclusive Zone” have had a major impact on the exploitation of fisheries resources.