Chinese Distant-Water Fishing Fleet Impacts Africa

 The Environmental Justice Foundation published on 30 March 2022 a major report titled "The Ever-Widening Net: Mapping the Scale, Nature and Corporate Structures of Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing by the Chinese Distant-Water Fleet."

The report presents a comprehensive analysis of China's vast, opaque and at times illegal global fisheries footprint.  Africa accounts for 79 percent of the apparent offshore fishery projects of the Chinese distant-water fleet, threatening the future of coastal communities in countries such as Ghana.

Illegal Fishing In African Waters

The African Center for Strategic Studies published on 6 June 2017 a report titled "Criminality in Africa's Fishing Industry: A Threat to Human Security" by Andre Standing.

The report discusses the global exploitation of the African fisheries sector. It contains useful information on Chinese fishing in African waters. For example, an estimated 64 percent of China's annual catch from 2000 to 2011 came from West African waters.