SFLP: arming fishermen with GPS to combat poachers

Peter Lowrey describes how small-scale fishermen in Guinea have traded in their submachine guns for GPS devices to combat foreign trawlers poaching in their fishing grounds.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: Magazine Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 2004
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/57652
Description
Summary:Peter Lowrey describes how small-scale fishermen in Guinea have traded in their submachine guns for GPS devices to combat foreign trawlers poaching in their fishing grounds.