China | Sierra Leone
China overexploiting Sierra Leone's marine resources: Reports
Freetown, Sierra Leone: The Chinese overfishing is marginalizing Sierra Leone fishermen, media reports said on Friday.
Sierra Leone is known as one of the richest fisheries in the continent.
Presently, China accounts for 75 percent of Sierra Leone's industrialised fishing fleet, reported European Times as quoted by ANI.
According to one of the advisers to Sierra Leone's Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, the Chinese fleet has been taking the profits of the fisheries for the last 30 years causing a considerable adverse impact on the fish stocks between 2009 and 2021.
The sea-food resources are, therefore, disappearing fast, local fishermen are suffering and the families in the coastal communities are starving where many families, according to reports, could manage only one meal a day, reported European Times as quoted by ANI.
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