Rampant overfishing and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in Senegal are driving a humanitarian crisis, according to a new report and film by the Environmental Justice Foundation

The EJF investigation, based on extensive fieldwork in Senegal and the Canary Islands, reveals how foreign industrial fleets, mainly from the EU and China, are depleting fish populations vital to the food security and livelihoods of Senegal’s coastal communities.

Most fish caught by industrial fleets are exported to foreign markets, leaving local communities struggling. The result is rising poverty and a dramatic increase in dangerous migration.