Despite The Gambia boasting some of the world’s richest fishing grounds, food insecurity rates continue to rise. The relentless economics of the fishmeal and fish oil (FMFO) industry leave fishing communities with no option but to take part in supplying FMFO factories for onward export to the global market. Industrial fishing activities such as this have subjected our planet’s fish stocks to such pressure that ocean ecosystems are now critically depleted, and local economies are collapsing. We worked with Changing Markets to produce photography as part of their investigation into the food-security implications of the FMFO industry across Africa and Asia.
