Shining A Light Ejfs Investigation Into The Devastating Impacts Of Illegal Saiko Fishing In Ghana

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Environmental Justice Foundation | Shining A Light: EJF's…

Environmental Justice Foundation | Shining A Light: EJF's… An ecological disaster is unfolding off the coast of ghana. ‘shining a light’ documents the environmental justice foundation’s investigation into illegal ‘saiko’ fishing. An ecological disaster is unfolding off the coast of ghana. ‘shining a light’ documents the environmental justice foundation’s investigation into illegal ‘saiko’ fishing. more.

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Environmental Justice Foundation | EJF’s New Film Highlights The… Illegal 'saiko' fishing costs ghana tens of millions of dollars in revenue and threatens food security and coastal livelihoods. Last year, the eu issued ghana with a “yellow card” for failing to monitor and control ghanaian flagged fishing vessels, among other problems. this means it risks being labelled as a “non cooperating country” in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. Shining a light shows ejf's investigation into the devastating impacts of illegal 'saiko' fishing in ghana. #shiningalight is a documentary that you. Stolen at sea provides an overview of the current scale and impact of saiko, based on extensive quantitative and qualitative fieldwork in ghana. this study estimates that approximately 100,000 metric tonnes of fish were landed through saiko in 2017.

Environmental Justice Foundation | Summary: A Human Rights Lens On…

Environmental Justice Foundation | Summary: A Human Rights Lens On… Shining a light shows ejf's investigation into the devastating impacts of illegal 'saiko' fishing in ghana. #shiningalight is a documentary that you. Stolen at sea provides an overview of the current scale and impact of saiko, based on extensive quantitative and qualitative fieldwork in ghana. this study estimates that approximately 100,000 metric tonnes of fish were landed through saiko in 2017. A new study on saiko fishing has for the first time put a value on the cost of the destructive fishing practice, which is being driven largely by chinese trawlers and is devastating ghana’s overexploited fisheries. For two decades ejf has worked to expose and eradicate illegal fishing and protect the coastal communities and wildlife that depend on our ocean .more. But now, an illegal practice, known locally as saiko, is pushing ghana's fisheries to the brink. this is putting the food security and livelihoods of more than 2 million people at risk. Industrial trawlers deliberately target smaller fish normally reserved for artisanal fishers using illegal nets, according to a report from the environmental justice foundation (ejf). up to 90% of these industrial ships operate under ghana’s flag but are linked to chinese owners, the report found.

Environmental Justice Foundation | Stolen At Sea: How Illegal ‘saiko’…

Environmental Justice Foundation | Stolen At Sea: How Illegal ‘saiko’… A new study on saiko fishing has for the first time put a value on the cost of the destructive fishing practice, which is being driven largely by chinese trawlers and is devastating ghana’s overexploited fisheries. For two decades ejf has worked to expose and eradicate illegal fishing and protect the coastal communities and wildlife that depend on our ocean .more. But now, an illegal practice, known locally as saiko, is pushing ghana's fisheries to the brink. this is putting the food security and livelihoods of more than 2 million people at risk. Industrial trawlers deliberately target smaller fish normally reserved for artisanal fishers using illegal nets, according to a report from the environmental justice foundation (ejf). up to 90% of these industrial ships operate under ghana’s flag but are linked to chinese owners, the report found.

Environmental Justice Foundation | A Human Rights Lens On The Impacts…

Environmental Justice Foundation | A Human Rights Lens On The Impacts… But now, an illegal practice, known locally as saiko, is pushing ghana's fisheries to the brink. this is putting the food security and livelihoods of more than 2 million people at risk. Industrial trawlers deliberately target smaller fish normally reserved for artisanal fishers using illegal nets, according to a report from the environmental justice foundation (ejf). up to 90% of these industrial ships operate under ghana’s flag but are linked to chinese owners, the report found.

Environmental Justice Foundation | Severe Impact Of Illegal Fishing…