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Topic: Senegal
Topic: Senegal
Investigative Journalism
May 23 - 2025
EN Europe, Africa
The hidden cost of your supermarket sea bass
The Guardian
Revealed: an investigation shows how consumers buying fish in the UK are playing a role in food insecurity and unemployment in Senegal
Research
May 22 - 2025
EN Africa
Revealed: UK Supermarket Seabass Linked to Devastating Overfishing in Senegal
DeSmog
Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl, Asda and Aldi among retailers selling fish fed on west African catch. This piece from DeSmog, co-published with The Guardian, comes after a two-year investigation spanning three countries, exposing the connection between these factories and food insecurity and unemployment in west Africa.
Investigative Journalism
September 27 - 2022
EN Africa
How Senegalese Fish End Up in Factory Farms-a comparison of methods for detection and quantification
Sentient
Exploiting wild fisheries for animal feed disturbs marine ecosystems, drives food insecurity and supplies an industry responsible for massive environmental pollution. By Aïda Grovestins, Richa Syal, and Sophie Kevany
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Research
January 01 - 2022
EN Africa
Socio-Economic and Biological Impacts of the Fish-Based Feed Industry for Sub-Saharan Africa
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
The feed industry serving farmed fish creates a strain on sub-Saharan Africa wild fish stock and the people of the region, refuting the argument that carnivorous fish farming will be the answer to feeding a growing world population.The study identifies a range of actions the fish feed industry can take to minimize the economic, environmental, and health impacts created by this industry.
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Investigative Journalism
March 23 - 2021
EN Africa, Asia
The Factories Turning West Africa’s Fish Into Powder
BBC
Chinese-run factories are turning huge amounts of The Gambia’s fish stocks into fishmeal for aquaculture. But are they taking too much, too quickly. By Ian Urbina
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