22 foreign vessels boarded and searched in offshore Cameroon for illegal fishing, in 2014 and 2015

Illicit angling is extremely popular in the Cameroonian waters. As per the Technical Committee of the Regional Commission of Fisheries of the Gulf of Guinea (COREP), which met in Yaoundé on 14 April 2016, at the very least 12 angling vessels having a place with outside nationals have been boarded and looked in 2015 in the Cameroonian seaward for unlawful angling. A year prior to, 10 vessels were gotten, on account of the watches of the Cameroonian armed force.

A large portion of the captured ships, a source near the issue whispers, have a place with Chinese administrators. Our source likewise states, confronted with the lack of engagement of neighborhood financial specialists, modern angling in Cameroon (and even customary angling) is left to outsiders.

In any case, as per authority insights, the national interest in fish in the nation achieves 400,000 tons. Half of this interest is dealt with by imports, which take around FCfa 100 billion consistently.