You are no doubt already familiar with the concept of fair trade. It stands for many good products from countries in the Global South, for which producers receive a fair price. Yet fair-trade fishes are still nowhere to be found on the market. This is surprising, as seafood is one of the most traded products from the South to the North – and fisher in the South suffer in three ways: exploitative working conditions, overfishing of the seas and illegal fishing.
A pioneering project in Senegal
From 2004 to 2010, fair‑fish worked with small fisheries in Senegal to export fishes to Europe. In addition to animal welfare concerns, the project also addressed a problem that remains unresolved to this day: fair remuneration for all those involved in the supply chain. Because no trading partner in Europe was willing to support a gradual expansion, the project had to be discontinued in 2010. So far, we have been unable to finance a new edition of the project.
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