Revealed: UK Supermarket Seabass Linked to Devastating Overfishing in Senegal

Revealed: UK Supermarket Seabass Linked to Devastating Overfishing in Senegal

At the entrance to the fish market on the outskirts of Joal Fadiouth, a coastal town in central Senegal, a group of women have set up shop under the shade of a small pavilion.  The market used to bustle with ice cream sellers, salt vendors and horse-drawn carts bringing fish from the beach. Today, trade is dead: “Without fish, we have no money to send our children to school, buy food or get help if we fall ill,” says trader Aissatou Wade. Wade b…