An investigation by DeSmog and The Guardian has uncovered large-scale illegal fishing inside a protected marine area off Guinea-Bissau, with thousands of tonnes of sardinella processed into fishmeal and entering global aquaculture supply chains

The reporting identifies two floating fishmeal factories operating offshore in the Bijagós archipelago – often described as ‘the Galápagos of West Africa’ – supplied by a fleet of Turkish purse seine vessels allegedly fishing in protected waters.