How industrial fishing sinks communities | Lamin Jassey

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🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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What happens when the fish that sustain a community start disappearing? Environmental activist Lamin Jassey shares how industrial fish meal factories are devastating local waters, livelihoods and health in The Gambia — and how communities are organizing to defend their coasts and reclaim their future, one catch at a time. After the talk, Modupe voices the benefits of exercising healthy skepticism surrounding major corporation's best practices.

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