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XL Report: Senegal - Cry Sea Land

In Senegal, 500 hi-tech European fishing vessels sail the Senegalese waters and fish enormous quantities for the European market, while the local 600,000-strong population has to survive on the leftovers that they catch with their basic pirogue boats.

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