The USA PotatoHow the ‘Galapagos of West Africa’ was Plundered by Floating Fishmeal Factories
The only ice factory in Bubaque is out of service. Local fishermen, like Pedro Luis Pereira, are forced to source ice from factories on the mainland in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, some 70 kilometres away – a six-hour round trip by boat. “The machines have been broken for months,” Pereira explains, as he pulls in his […] The post How the ‘Galapagos of West Africa’ was Plundered by Floating Fishmeal Factories appeared first on DeSmog.