How foreign subsidies are undermining West Africa’s fishers

How foreign subsidies are undermining West Africa’s fishers

At sunrise most days, Lamin Sarr launches his wooden fishing canoe into the Atlantic from The Gambia’s Gunjur Beach, partaking in the same trade as his father and grandfather. But Sarr says the ocean feels emptier these days. The fish that sustained Sarr’s village in the past are vanishing, replaced by imposing trawlers that he blames for catching what remains. Each outing is a battle against the waves, but also against often-opaque agreements b…