BUSHMEAT CONCERN
November 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLWEST African coastal communities are being forced to eat bushmeat because European Union (EU) subsidised commercial fishing is making local fish too expensive for local families. The European Commission has struck a series of fishing deals with countries such as Ghana and the Ivory Coast, where EU trawlers take fish for financial compensation to local governments. According to a study in the US journal Science, resulting fish price rises have caused large mammals in coastal areas to be eaten. Populations of 41 species fell by 76% between 1979 and ...
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