Gambia’s Fishmeal Crisis: Europe’s Appetite Drains Local Seas, Threatens Food Sovereignty

Across the Gambia’s coastline, the rise of fishmeal factories has turned a staple food into a contested resource. Once the lifeblood of family meals and women’s livelihoods, small pelagic fish are now ground into powder for European aquaculture, leaving Gambians to grapple with scarcity, rising prices, and eroded traditions.