Guinea-Bissau’s transitional government bans fish meal production

Guinea-Bissau’s transitional government bans fish meal production

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — This small West African nation, whose mangrove-fringed coastal waters and expansive estuaries are important spawning grounds for fish species that migrate along the West African coast, long appeared to have little do with fish meal production, an activity that was booming in other parts of the region. Yet, even though satellite imagery showed no recognisable fish meal plants, fish meal of Guinea-Bissau origin was being ad…