GLOBAL 3000 | Empty nets - Illegal fishing fleets drive Sier

1,324 views · Published 16 September 2008 · 5:58 · Indexed 29 October 2026

Channel: DW News · 2008 · Entertainment

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Fancy an ocean perch fillet, turbot or a real Atlantic sea bream? European supermarkets sell everything the sea has to offer.

And markets will be served as long as there's anything to catch - even by illegal fishing fleets, which plunder fish stocks all over the world. Our example from Sierra Leone shows what this means for local fishermen.

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