rates, their commitments, tomato, and to europe, being defense specialist as a well now considered a military response. i'm next dw documentary looks at destructive, over fishing off the coast of west africa state june for that. i'll be back with more at the top of the next hour. hope to see you then the drawing us interagency as the palestinians ever known, we can't expect much living with a bare minimum without civil rights and with no cost. this is not a good environment. yeah, no, not for my children. and favorite shadow stats oldest good. on the w, the a the

basic building of fish, the fishing industry, has not changed that by globalization or industrialization. this unit fishing has become difficult for these traditional fishermen hold on one of them. what are older and fuel efficient competition is fierce the sale side by side with industrial colors. the opinions and asians are in publishing africa. they are stealing our african fishery of except you're expert, the west africa is facing a catastrophe, which is a fishing related social problems. and the climate change for good with

the the fishing industry is facing a historic crisis. not only fish, docs are effective, but also in nutrition, and that has the consequences for africa. the lovely. well then again, they do have 2 thirds of the senegalese population live below the poverty line where people need jobs to stay as well. or at least of, of shipping their own destiny. more than 32000 africans reach the canary islands by the, by the lake called the dock. more and more people are setting sail to seek their fortunes on the other side at the atlanta. the of the fish

have long been considered an independent resource in senegal. favorable ocean currents have created bountiful waters for residents for centuries . the sailors net maker's mussel opener's. bish processors, bish smokers, mechanics carpenters boat repairmen as

a nation of fishermen. millions of senegalese have traditionally lived from fishing, [000:00:00;00] the countries expanding deserts, or driving many people to the coast where they hoped to work and fishing the catch supplies the entire country was pro team and what was one spot to be? an infinite resource has become increasingly scarce. liberal if we can do for you ma'am. no, but you didn't even used to be able to estimate the number of fish. the fisherman

never came home with an empty natural content. for a long time, the fishermen could even choose which species they wanted to catch. is that, but that has changed completely. the stocks are collapsing like that species are dying out. should i put them? this is the 1st time i've seen her rogues on sale instead of going for sailing of on the wireless and might excel. just refresh it. my name is monique, send you the fisherman, who is you have 2 books that we take out to see every day i meant enough on them for i used to make a good living, but that's over now. villas us. we have to borrow a man's fuel and money to be insulated and difficult did the, the to say, sometimes you come back and have trouble paying it back. sometimes where it see for up to 20 days or

a month in cash and nothing. we just end up in data that's and the consequences of this crisis can be felt up and down the senegalese coast. okay . and then you have, i mean you, well, you definitely know, we believe the fisher supplied by god and will never run out in front of it. it's again, i mean, you come in. but over the last 30 years, we have noticed fewer and fewer fish every year as commodities always to blame how many definitely and so at the end. but the foreign ships are to blame, but they even got a new and the decision our coast in our territory. but they both put into the and, you know, even catch small fish like sardines as they go. no, no, no,

figure out how my god in the next. when you go over to a new, now it doesn't matter. i'm not even enough resources for our own parole, suitable good set of optimal value. the problem for and fishing fleets are shamelessly plundering the waters of the atlantic. how has sent a go once the country with a seemingly endless supply of fish been robbed of its greatest resource? the this fatal development began at the end of the 1970s. the, under the pretext of securing supplies for its own population, europe began fishing, bountiful african waters,

the only feet. look in the 1st fisheries agreement, same between the european community and center. go under the little may convention guys. a mom will do that google shoulder look. the plundering of senegalese waters began with a handshake. the the fishing agreements allowed european vessels to fish in senegalese waters and the financial compensation unclear, despite repeated requests from local fishermen. the contents of the agreements has never been made public the catches were spectacular in the 1980s.

european trousers covered by the treaties were soon joined by other ships wanting a piece of the bounty. within just a few years, ships from all over were soon troughing west african waters. the rate on the atlantic had begun the trawlers dragged heavy nets across the sea, but in the process they destroyed underwater flora and fauna. the senegalese fishermen watched helplessly as the stops were plundered, their voice could not be heard in the face of the army of industrial fishing is that they destroy everything such and then pro 80 percent of their catch back into the sea. i'm at the pacific. they were able to fish over $6000.00 tons per day. and one week,

they called as much as traditional fisheries didn't one year to pay the, but they were factory ships, the batteries, everything they caught was process directly on the boat. in the back of the wildest senegalese presidents fraternize with european leaders, the ocean continued to be plundered. in the 2 thousands, the situation became increasingly critical for the fishermen. but they were still unable to make their voices heard. the senegalese government did not want to reverse the fishing treaties. whenever we experienced banking crises and people's livelihoods were at risk, there were serious problems. people died. we couldn't talk to our authorities,

they were only interested in the money to do while we were interested in the fish. by 2011, they had had enough. the fisherman's angry erupt. it they decided to stand together against the government of duty, won a president and his 2nd term of office based competition from mackie salt, who promised to rid senegalese waters of foreign ships. the vale knew that there are no more big fish in this country. and at this rate, it will be no more efficient, send it all in 2 years. the when i bring in the more slogan for the 2012 presidential elections was that no fisherman in senegal would vote for the current regime which had signed the fisheries agreements with europe. our slogan was my vote and my future will compute. after election results rolled in

on march 25th 2012 mackey solved became president of the republic of senegal. i shall come back to it. my dear cametrius seems to me, i am the president of all synagogues least there are no differences between you. ok, a victory for the fisherman. dollars in clear the output in the all star as you there is an urgent need for action and fishery. essentially, i am determined to review the conditions we're issuing fishing licenses and to act against of hiring ships that plunder. our strong skills keeps the notice of value. mackey saw suspended the agreements with europe. european vessels were no longer allowed to fish in senegalese waters. 20. i'd be, we managed to abolish the agreement. we made it all the way to the european union. we fought hard fucking the fisherman we gained

the and 2 years later in 2014 in senegal, signed a new fishing treaty with the european union. this time with their conditions, so they pay me a call. these are the 1st agreements following our new common fishing policy. the treaties were transparent and restricted the authorization of european vessels to areas that the senegalese did not cover such as to and efficient were the problem solved the the reality behind the agreements and the political speeches was more complex. this apparent victory for the senegalese fishermen did not,

and the rate on the atlantic loopholes allowed trawlers to navigate around the restrictions. so in the years, 2000 me twos has and there was a big campaign into and i got to stop deficient agreement. so that happened, the government apparently understood that it was the problem for the fisherman and decided not to renew the agreement to agreement was stopped. so at that time the fishermen were really happy. they sold that as a big victory. but we continued documenting was happening with the european investors and european suites. and what we saw is that just after the time when the agreement was stopped said for when i see several, several dozens of these addresses. just couldn't find a way to access any of these waters because it wasn't more agreement. and so the re flag to, to send a got. so unfortunately, the nice words, if you like, all of this, think of these government of those days,

citing when we stop g agreement because there's too much pressure on our resources . these nice words were not followed the practice of senegal ization stems from a legal loophole that allows for and ships to fly the senegalese flag on paper. the companies that own the ships are 51 percent senegalese but in reality they were strong man hiding owners from other countries. the fraud allows foreign ships to operate in senegalese waters as if they were at home the city. but okay, so by then ships are stationed in dark. are they arrive in the car in 24 hours later, the fisher sent to china. or your last you little hope

followed by disillusionment. as to why ltd definetly are familiar with cynical ization of above. i can't talk about q one u as if it were a senegalese ship to send it the research, the owner of the shifted the but you will see that it's chinese that i've seen the, the best to tell you that we continue. so ship travel, this route after i left here, happened to disappear, the signal can no longer be seen from here. if it breaks off. so something is wrong . this means the ship was fishing in this area. so the ministry of fisheries must know that they remain silent. the time of the living room is what it up bishop does or not. you know, the importance of traditional fishing cannot be overlooked. to get the point of view, if you look at the number of troops and their primary contribution to food security as good as indigo, i think we've tried the last incident though. they play a certain way, but it's not enough. we have to admit that. and for the,

at the country, we will continue to work to secure our resources for them so that they, of course, noticed that our ships, the escape, our control, you know, keep this up, not confident. but we did take the most of the ships to legally enter our national watchers duties a positions on down those oh is or somebody might dictate the while the foreign ships flying the senegalese flag, use legal loopholes. others have chosen to ignore the law altogether. many foreign ships never bother to obtain a permit. they shamelessly plunder the waters in senegal and elsewhere in africa against the law

the the russian ship, a lake, and a general is a good example of, of the illegal fishing practices uncovered by green peace activists. not only was the ship operating without any authorization, but it also attempted to conceal its name under tarps. a practice prohibited under maritime law. after his election in 2012 mackey sole and his government began to crack down on these ocean plunderers. 3 legs made the noise it onto the de the leg 91 of as in the hands of the senegalese government invested in his being monitored by the national maybe not police in their lives on that. i'm really not sure about we have said commando. so a forced them to return, it is already here driven, you see today got a story is authentic, all lose is 100. 15000000000. see if i frank see with every year from the legal fishing,

the fish domain yet elicit senegal and wins some battles. but the pirates ships are so numerous that it seems impossible to win the fisheries war. the authorities are no match for the thieves. and as has been the case for decades, senegalese fishermen feel they are being left to deal with a disaster on their own. dish ducks continue to collapse the things could hardly get any worse for senegalese fishermen. but they do. in recent decades, china has become the undisputed leader in global fishing the

so today the largest share of fishing vessels off the coast of west africa is the it's the chinese fleets. so in, in 2012, there was a, a famous speech by then president who jw and how and he called for building china into a maritime great power. and right after that speech in 2013, the state council elevated the chinese fishing industry to a strategic industry. chinese ships have penetrated the world's richest fishing waters, including near west africa. initial motivation really was food security at that time. you know, china was worried about having enough food to feed this population. and then as time went on, their motivation became more economic interests. there's wanting their companies to make more money. the protocol they publish in all the way of the chinese people is a message of health choir which says under development to it is not an inevitable fate files. in fact, i need to join with

a father china's development and will bring more opportunities to africa. can go to africa's development will bring new life china is developing its own way to go 5. then the chinese fleet has been supported by a lot of subsidies from the chinese government in order to achieve these aims. and, you know, those subsidies have, have risen overtime and really indicate some of the strength of support for the fleets and how much you know, important. so the chinese place on this, the china is doing today what europe did in the past. like europe, it invokes food security when it sends its subsidized fishing boats out into the world and like europe, it uses troll nets that are particularly destructive the but i'm like you're there is never beneficiaries agreements between senegal and china.

the, the senegalese government is struggling to ban illegal fishing and over fishing and its waters it appears helpless, but also compliant in the face of the plundering of its marine wells, which hurts its entire population. the senegalese fishermen themselves must take their fate into their own hands and fight for their rights. sometimes by drastic means the judge i may eat foot. i have never shied away from representing the interests of the fishermen. but i've never shied away from defending the interests of the people of your wi fi to you. i never thought about what might happen to me. one day i said to the fisherman, able to listen when the state won't solve the problem with this, if it's up to us to sorted out, because we're the ones under attack. when we surrounded the ship, climbed onto the deck,

what we can pull down the captive in this chinese man. there were 5 of them and we'd beat them up. then we took the, kept him back to my house. so now i'm going to kidnapped him up. if someone hits you on the right to get up, so you can't turn the other one that you have to hit back. but just as hard the, the glazes, when you see this unfair competition, these huge ships will be here next to them for small for rugs when they see the small boat. they don't, but you're not careful. they crash into your apartment

. i want to see the fisherman doesn't get out of the way he could die. the fisherman fight with everything at their disposal. the social media is full of incriminating video footage of a legal foreign trawlers filmed on the seemingly lawless ocean. their lives are regularly in danger. sometimes local sea fares, work a board foreign ships and are outraged by what they see when we get another. but the nice is me is that there are black people and most of the boots i'm going to her. so i want to see the other day that the crews don't agree with what's happening. it's not their fault. even those who work on these boots don't like the way things are going. but everyone use a jump to feed their families. because of these chinese bastards were constantly posting on social media on facebook, instagram,

and once i looked up the see for yourself on their plundering are fish dogs. this is plundering. this is the way you don't do shipment and we will months. so that's why we want to give anyone to help you follow the boat for 12 kilometers because it left with our net. a chinese captain took an iron bar. i'm going to have all the chinese armed themselves and they showed it as and threatened us. that's when i realized that they from here to hurt us. if we got any closer to the boat, at some point they pulled like a hose and spray my companions with cold water. they did that for quite a while and then they sprayed us with acid. then yeah, i could dig to eventually sold a fault with acid and diesel, set it on fire and threw sent me jumps into the sea food. good.

you have ferns on my legs and face with the sort of my stomach was burnt. i had burned all over. i have scars all over my body level. that's why we don't like the chinese. well, i was in front of me and i seen on the line my name is come to my gun for i've been working in the pool for 10 years. i knew nothing but this hardwood is at the foot.

bring me the phone. i want to share the photo of outline before the applied. yeah, his name is amber idea and he is a good son. a son who loves his mother would be a wife and we used to say to his friends, when will i be able to help my mother nick it for football. one day he got up in the morning a model and when he was at school, he noticed my situation a little he decided to drop out of school, the young eck or cold me later. and just said, mom, i am in morocco to go. i said to him, please come back. i want to see you on the models. he replied to the deal. i no, ma'am. i won't come home empty handed. ma'am you fort for us a well, you've been tired for a long time away for i have held onto my face since the accident. i know that the quote gives on takes, i feel like putting myself completely in go behind the other. i'm a long way my way. hi. my thing need to see how the, the,

the foreign fishing fleets aren't solely responsible for sending goals. fishing, lowes, a new threat has arisen for many of the west african countries like death blow for millions of women and men who live and rely on fish fish meal factories to this victim, all of official fish mean is really relatively new. incentive goes to more t, yeah, it's in the last 15 years or so. but that's really easy. factor, which i would say is not leading to the collapse of the fishery.

the, it's not only the industrial for investment and also some parents off fishing for fish mean the it's a kind of a story of enslavement to new weight because at 1st the 1st big company will give a good price of efficient and it will even pre finance the next fishing trip, which for, for shipment is really important. mean, you're the newman, then when you're in a bunch of money, someone comes and say, okay, i'll pay you to more than i pay for the fuel rude, but you're given your fish. and then you see that the price starts to decrease. so after 6 months, 9 months, the fisherman will be paid less than and for the beginning, but this still applies to give you fish to the fish manufacturing. the number of

factories along the west african coast has multiply it in recent years. the process huge quantities of fish into fish male, which is then exported to europe and asia. the 1st victims on the move on to the fishes, but the women, these processes because they are the one that's all deprived of room material to process the other one we have to watch washed. the fishes are going and selling the fish to the fish manufactory, rather than coming and selling it to the we've been based drying tables are normally covered with fish in the high season. but today they are almost empty. thousands of women were employed here to smoke or dry fish. now they have no jobs. the unions are militantly organizing to draw the attention of authorities to the

tragic situation of the women processing fish. because of us outside of itself, it goes well. well, the ministries be represented with the government, be there to pick demonstration. okay. and the carrier fishing authorities will be there, the not a problem. so let's do that. i mean, we'll send it out to me last time. seem to be that i put the restaurant, sending us a piece of the women at the main stay of the family and cynical,

the main pillar of the population that we give everything we in 1st to the household, to our children, husbands. and then also, if we didn't raise our voices, if we didn't, the mom to thirty's is not the establishment of fish, male factories, specialties, women's job in fish processing will eventually disappear for it's already happening . it's a fit for me. after a month i was like the last the the inspection is my, you know, you are the representative of the minister of fisheries and the marine economy please, and tell them in the stuff that the files have been sitting in draughts with too long. from that they are taking too long to process and then it is the time rare in bolton has to be recognized. if you look closely, there is not a single woman helping making decisions. although we bind the fish on the beaches and process it,

and then they took the monk in the the, the families with this was after the male fisherman. women are the next victims of the collapse of the fishing industry. the family and social balance of an entire nation has been shaken. the pleasing the putting deposits on disappear plus condition meals factories are destructive because they take away women's jobs and they deprived the population in the interior of the country of the parts of their food base with smoked fish or not getting all the fish that used to be processed, smoked and dry to be sold in senegal and west africa, and the guys and i sent the factories to produce fish, meals, of an exported to europe or asia, or next, but also another one of the, the fish exported from senegal and other countries does not feed people in europe and asia feeds their farm animals.

the annual diet of around 30000000 people in west africa disappears into the stomachs of cattle, pigs, chickens, and salmon. if the true is being threatened by the fact that the fish may factories pumping on the fish coming out of the sea, full precision into fish means for coming to china for coming to no way to feed. some of that we eat on a sunday lunchtime, then it is really something that is going to literally killed the sector, but really a very bad impact on the populations. i big about finding the possible. yeah. 5, there's no such thing as sustainable fish, and having to be in pasadena ability does not go hand in hand with station in factories or, or contradictory godfrey. and another point of office. cynical, subsidize is fishing. what are examples? and i'll put the price of fuel is reduce, the fisherman can continue to sell fish as it pops up. in this fisherman put on the politics, the senegalese facial body sells it to

a fish meal factory. people exported to europe, europe and summoned the feeds europeans. he bought moves cynically, subsidies are helping feed european spa, something like this. despite the fact the cynical as a country that depends on europe and development, a or the preamp would be the, [000:00:00;00] the seen some coastal villages,

the age pyramid is losing its base. similar to countries at war, men between the ages of 15 and 35 are rare. even though peace reigns in senegal, the missing have left in search of a better life. the, the, the annual i'm, you know, they shipped the news from me until i got to my mother's house several of the and that i'd like to do that. i received a phone call and they told me that my son had died in need of that. so i was told that nice storage on social media, the manual, it's very painful to find out about your son's death like that. it's very painful for me. heartbreaking at the suppressed the just, but it's not only deficient,

it's disappearing. but also some of the senegalese people, this has consequences for africa, which would be let me just say that initially to suggest the mediterranean is now a graveyard that she needs us to see because we knew my, which was a sea of civilization screw, has unfortunately become a graveyard for all our young people do believe that the future lies elsewhere. maybe the migration a don't cause that. so you have the paradox of the african units are the condiments most important asset, the present for disappointing them yet they do not believe in themselves. and in their future here, also trouble for tooth is they want to products. there are no many microns crossing the sea to us. these people are young, desperate and take great risk for the uncertain chance of better life, the

mm hm . the rate on the atlantic is a catastrophe for the fisherman and others, senegalese and yet, there are many men and women who refuse to give up who continue to fight to regain

control of their future. to hope that the fish this gift from god will once again thrive in the waters of senegal, the lazy my bailey. my name is deeper. he mitchell,

i'm seneca lease. she has been here since 2018 with these re of the hello. hello. are you? okay, so on and i need to as you know, going out today. well, you just, you gotta be on this by the dentist. i went to spin illegally on a boat till there were $61.00 of us, mostly fishermen on campus, a lovely by on the percent lovely by the electronic love you everything. okay. hello. yes, i'm fine. a tale. i didn't see you tomorrow. angela have a nice day just as a little. i was my own boss. i have my own those and what bureau?

i mean my case, i hear, excuse money. no, i'm an employee number right. the 2nd all the sacrifices i've made i have made for my children must cause the sake of my new i have suffered in life. is of course i would like to return home. if i had the means today, i would go immediately, he's sorry, hesitation. what you'll do is uniform, but i have no choice sized red chip on the vin 5 is in there for me. it will.

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