. However, in countries such as Kenya, Lamu fishers - especially those operating on the northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from Kiwayu to Kipungani and Mpeketoni on the Tana River county boundary - are complaining that trawlers believed to be from China, Spain and South Korea have been spotted operating illegally in shallow waters at night.reports that Africa has 48.
9% of identified industrial and semi-industrial vessels involved in illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing - 40% of which is in West Africa alone - which has become a global epicentre for these activities.As a new report lays bare the massive financial costs to developing states of illegal fishing, campaigners are hoping that drawing attention to the practice's devastating economic…