2023-04-19 00:00:27
From the richest fish in the world, will our coasts become in such a short time the least rich in fish resources and the most polluted on the planet? Videos that have been circulating for a few days on the Internet, showing Turkish and Chinese boats using rotating nets to scrape the seabed, are chilling. We see them throwing their giant nets on shoals of fish and grabbing everything without any respect for the resource or the fishing grounds. The problem is that the phenomenon is not new and no government has agreed to muster up the courage to put an end to it. The Chinese and Turks are well protected, it seems. When we add to this already catastrophic situation, the dozens of fish factories installed in Nouadhibou – Aziz had, in his time, issued at least forty approvals – which pollute not only the air but also the sea by dumping their waste directly there. untreated, there is reason to fear for the bay of this city. Just last week, thousands of fish were found dead on its shores: pollution, no doubt. Dark picture at all levels. However, civil society actors, in particular international NGOs, the media and researchers have constantly sounded the alarm bell, but it has fallen on deaf ears. Displaying loud and clear his good intentions, each new minister promises to tackle the problems of the sector but – remembered to what (dis) order so powerfully embedded in high places? – do not delay in coming back to earth. So here he is managing day-to-day business until his departure and replacement. Turn, turn, little ships, a sandy desert was not enough for us, so kill us also our waters!
Ahmed Ould Cheikh
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