CHAPTER 8

Guinea's Traditional Fisherman Feel Squeeze of Foreign Competition

1. The fishermen do most of their fishing by day because

Fishing at night is against the law

Most of the fish are more plentiful in the daytime

Pirate boats are more likely to attack at night

They cannot see hazards in the water at night

2. The fishermen sell smaller fish to middlemen, who

Sell direct to the public

Sell to foreign buyers

Eat the fish themselves

Sell to retailers who will sell to the public

3. Much of the fish is sold

For cash

For Visa and MasterCard

On credit

For nothing

4. On the dock, fish are sold to

Local consumers

Restaurants

Middlemen working for foreign companies

The government

5. Many of the middlemen work for companies from

The United States

Liberia

Mauritania

China and Korea