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Joal Beach, Mbour, Senegal. A crowd of people takes advantage of a crate fallen by accident to grab the fish. The industrial fishing is a dramatic topic, as the latest report by Greenpeace remarks, finger pointing to China – and specially against CNCF (China National Fisheries Corporation). Back in 1985 13 big Chinese fishing boats operated in Senegal, nowadays they are more than 600. The Report complaints a systematic use of illegal fishing methods, a massive quantity of fish catch not recorded and, additionally, the use of trawl nets that are devastating the diversity and abundance of marine wildlife