SENEGALWEST AFRICA'S FISHERIES - Senegal, 1980 - Canoes under construction on the beach of Joal, a fishing village south of Dakar. They have been dug out from small tree trunks. The Food and Agriculture...

SENEGALWEST AFRICA'S FISHERIES - Senegal, 1980 - Canoes beaches at the Playe des Mamelles at Ouakam, a small fishing village near Dakar. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N. (FAO) has launch...

SENEGALWEST AFRICA'S FISHERIES - Senegal, 1980 - Construction of a canoe using planks, on the beach of Joal, a fishing village south of Dakar. Senegalese canoes are usually dug out from small tree trunks, bu...

AFRICADAHOMEY, May 1962 (Benin People's Republic from 1975-December). Of some 120 thousand fishermen in Dahomey more than 100 thousand are lagoon fishermen. But as fish stocks are decreasing in the lago...

AFRICADahomey, 1963 (Benin People's Republic from 1975-December). Most West african countries suffer from lack of protein foods, and their Governments are aware of the contribution that increased fish...

MaliFisher in a canoe on the river Niger. - - General: General.

MaliFishing from a canoe on the river Niger. - - General: General.

BeninWoman paddling a conoe amongst water hyacinth in Lake Nokoue. - - General: General.

MadagascarMember of the coooperative trying out new fishing nets in the River Niger, the third longest river in Africa. - - Fish Smoking Project: TFD-97/MLI/005.

MaliCanoes full of new fishing gear moored on the bank of the River Niger, near Bamako. With the financial assistance of the Telefood project the fish farmers have made new, more resistant, fishing nets....

MaliCanoes full of new fishing gear moored on the bank of the River Niger, near Bamako. With the financial assistance of the Telefood project the fish farmers have made new, more resistant, fishing nets....

MaliCanoes containing newly made fishing nets. - - Fish Smoking Project: TFD-97/MLI/005.

MaliMembers of the cooperative preparing to go fishing on the River Niger. - - Fish Smoking Project: TFD-97/MLI/005.

MyanmarFloating market on Lake Inle. - - General: General.

GhanaIn West African countries, fishers have been hard hit by water weed infestations. The weeds, and water hyacinth in particular, slow down their boats and make landings difficult, and as a result, much...

MexicoTradtional canoe used for fishing by the Huaves ethnic group. - - General: General.

IndiaFishing boats and canoes pulled up on the beach. - - BOBP: The Bay of Bengal Programme: GCP/RAS/151/JPN. The Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP) is a multi-agency regional fisheries programme comprising se...

IndiaWooden canoes drawn up on the beach, near the fish market. - - BOBP: The Bay of Bengal Programme: GCP/RAS/151/JPN. The Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP) is a multi-agency regional fisheries programme com...

IndonesiaThe Bay of Bengal subproject on Nia Island Indonesia, not only built three types of motorized canoes, but it also trained local carpenters to build similar canoes. In this Workshop on the beach, carpe...

IndiaFishermen with canoes on the beach of Kayakumari. - - Bay of Bengal Programme: GCP/RAS/118/MUL (BOBP). The Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP), started in 1979 with headquarters in Madras, India, seeks to...

ChinaFish farmers in Kwangtung Province transfer their harvest of live carp from small canoes to the hold of a large vessel which will transport the fish to the Canton markets. - - Fish Farming Techniques....