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The Importance of Wild Fisheries For Local Food Security: Senegal

The Importance of Wild Fisheries For Local Food Security: Senegal

Author(s): Environmental Incentives, LLC

Publication Date: 2015

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The marine waters off Senegal are very productive, and the country has a high dependence on wild fish for food security and livelihoods. Fish is a primary source of animal protein in Senegal, and fisheries make substantial contributions to the national economy. However, poor management, weak monitoring, overfishing, and illegal fishing threaten this critical resource and its contribution to food security and nutrition there.

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