Please support EJF's work in Sierra Leone

Fish is vital to community food security in Sierra Leone yet local fishermen struggle to catch fish on which they and their families depend to survive because of illegal pirate fishing (c) EJF
Fish is vital to community food security in Sierra Leone yet local fishermen struggle to catch fish on which they and their families depend to survive because of illegal pirate fishing (c) EJF
In Sierra Leone, foreign trawlers fish illegally within the area restricted for local fishermen, causing overwhelming destruction to marine biodiversity as they take everything in their path. 75% of the catch is thrown back into the sea dying while local fishermen struggle to catch fish on which they and their families depend to survive.

EJF is making an urgent appeal for donations to support our in-country programme in Sierra Leone. The programme will empower and enable community action (monitoring of illegal fishing activity and reporting information to the navy) to faciliate arrests and peacefully drive away the illegal trawlers that threaten their local environment and livelihoods.


“The children need to eat to grow, and they are underfed …if the trawlers don’t go we cannot survive. We are dependent on the waters and the fish, and if they go we have nothing else.” Rugiatu Fullah, Women’s leader in mosque, Borhol Ngai
 

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How you can help

Please give generously to this project and support our work in Sierra Leone through a single donation or by joining EJF as a member with a regular gift.

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OR Send an online letter and demand that the European Commission address failures in their regulations that allow illegal fishing in West Africa, and compromise consumer safety.