GREENPEACE AFRICA: West African oceans are being plundered for dietary supplements, cosmetics and pet food.

A new Greenpeace report exposes how more than half a million tonnes of small pelagic fish are extracted every year along the coast of West Africa. The fish is converted into feed for aqua and agriculture farming, dietary supplements, cosmetics and pet food products outside the African continent.

This is a shameful disregard of the many West African communities who depend on fish as an essential food source and means of income.

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The report is based on research on the fishmeal and fish oil (FMFO) trade and supply chain links between the FMFO industry in West Africa and the European market. It also includes supply chain relationships between seafood distributors and farmed fish producers that have been sourcing aquafeed from companies involved in West African FMFO trade in recent years. Read the report here

It's atrocious how populations in West Africa remain vulnerable while the FMFO industry is thriving, using local fish stocks to produce food for pets, pigs, fish and cosmetics in Europe.

Now is the time to rethink supply chains and rapidly phase out the use of wild-caught fish to preserve these fish populations for future generations.

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June 2021

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