How industrial fishing sinks communities | Lamin Jassey

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🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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What happens when the fish that sustain a community start disappearing? Environmental activist Lamin Jassey shares how industrial fish meal factories are devastating local waters, livelihoods and health in The Gambia — and how communities are organizing to defend their coasts and reclaim their future, one catch at a time.

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1:32.1	The inhabitants of Goonjer, a large fishing village in Gambia in West Africa,
1:36.5	thought the arrival of a new fish mill would bring huge improvements to their lives.
1:42.2	More jobs, more opportunities, more support for fishermen.
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