Licences de pêche contestées : Al Aminou Lô tente de désamorcer la crise
According to L'Observateur, tensions are easing in the fishing sector. The new Prime Minister, Ahmadou Al Aminou Lô, is prioritizing dialogue to try to resolve the deep-seated crisis between the government and industry professionals. Ousmane Sonko's successor has invited all stakeholders (Gaipes, Upames, Caps, Clpa) to a meeting scheduled for Tuesday at the Prime Minister's office to discuss the critical situation of coastal demersal fisheries.
This meeting, seen as an "important step towards thawing tensions", aims to calm an atmosphere that has become electric since the publication of decree no. 009965 of April 30, 2026. This text, signed by former minister Dr. Fatou Diouf, exceptionally authorizes five industrial trawlers to access coastal demersal fishing, breaking a moratorium in force for almost twenty years.
From an environmental perspective, reports the newspaper of the Future Media Group, professionals in the sector are expressing "outrage" at a decision deemed "dangerous" and "inconsistent." They warn of the risk that increased fishing effort on already fragile resources will lead to "the collapse of fish stocks" and cause "an ecological disaster with profound economic and social consequences."
Regarding governance, the same source continues, stakeholders also denounce the lack of transparency surrounding the granting of the five licenses. They believe this approach is in "total contradiction with the 'Jub, Jubal, Jubanti' principles advocated by the authorities" and that it could violate the recently adopted law on the right to information.
In this context, the outcome of this meeting will be decisive in determining whether the freeze on coastal demersal fishing licenses, established by consensus in 2006 to avoid an "ecological point of no return", will be maintained or definitively lifted.
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