The Telegraph published on 5 June 2023 an article titled "'They Are Stealing What Should be Ours': Chinese Trawlers Are Emptying West African Fishing Grounds" by Torbjorn Wester.
Fish stocks off West Africa are in sharp decline due primarily to the presence of Chinese long-distance trawlers, many of them registered illegally in Ghana. Local fishermen contribute to the problem by using illegal practices such as dynamite and agricultural insecticides.
