Fishy moral dilemma

Projekt Invitation continues to look closer at the fishy situation with overfishing the seas and thus undermining the social situation at land, forcing many people to leave their country because of lack of work/money/food. The West-African coast is one of the areas exploited by foreign fisheries, and Western Europe one of the areas where the catch's taken.

An old Senegalese fisherman put it like this; "The difference between me and a fish is that when they pull us out of the sea, the fish immediately has a visa for Europe."

One part of our research was to find out how this piratebusiness works. Since the involved parties didn't seem too eager to tell us neither their tricks of the trades nor the sums, luckily there are others who've found the secret maps and the hidden "treasures". Please check it out.

http://weblog.greenpeace.org/oceandefenders/archive/2006/04/tangled_web_pirate_fishing.html

This hunter seems to have found a way to deal with the lack of fish though.

The fishermen go out early in the morning to bring the catch back in time for the markets. Many of them go out to sea a second time; you can tell the tide by them and the birds hoovering the waves for the fish.

It's not always easy to know the moral way out. Fish and rice is the main Senegalese food. We decided to support the local fishermen who do fish in a sustainable way, opposed to the big companies. For frozen winterSwedes it is extreme luxury to have this fresh fish, vegetables and fruits, especially when we have cooks with various origins and specialities in our group.

Modou doesn't only know how to do the semafor, he's also knows his grilled fish.

Even if you love your job, there is always more in life to love.