--- title: STOP THE INDUSTRIAL PLUNDER OF WEST AFRICA description: The industrial fishing lobby is powerful, and West Africa's fishing communities can't fight this battle alone. image: https://pages.greenpeaceafrica.org/hubfs/GP0STYEZJ_Low%20res%20(800px)%20(1).jpg --- [![Greenpeace](https://pages.greenpeaceafrica.org/hubfs/raw_assets/public/greenpeace_p4_theme/assets/gp-logo.svg)](https://www.greenpeace.org/africa/en) [En](https://pages.greenpeaceafrica.org/stop-the-industrial-plunder-of-west-africa) [Fr](https://pages.greenpeaceafrica.org/fr/stop-%C3%A0-la-pr%C3%A9dation-industrielle-en-afrique-de-louest) Sign petition ![GP0STYEZJ\_Low res (800px) (1)](https://pages.greenpeaceafrica.org/hubfs/GP0STYEZJ_Low%20res%20(800px)%20(1).jpg "GP0STYEZJ_Low res (800px) (1)") Right now, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa, something devastating is happening.  Massive industrial trawlers, some three times longer than the Eiffel Tower, are wrecking the magnificent **Canary-Guinea Convergence Zone, one of Earth's most thriving marine areas.**  These vessels catch **10 to 100 times more fish per trip** than traditional boats, leaving local fishers with empty nets. **But there's hope.** West African nations are ready to champion a fully protected marine sanctuary there.  Protection would halt destructive industrial fishing and allow the ocean to recover - **so fish can return and future generations can inherit a living ocean.** The industrial fishing lobby is powerful, and West Africa's fishing communities can't fight this battle alone. **Are you with them as they push to turn the Canary-Guinea Convergence Zone into a permanent sanctuary - protecting local livelihoods and traditional knowledge before they are erased? 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