THE NEW BOATS (Chi-gie Chorga)

The New Boats is an investigative documentary that presents an eye-opening look at the impact of International Industrialized fishing in West African waters and it's the disastrous effect on local communities. Sulaiman Kamara, a local fisherman and Woody Backie Koroma, the Public Relations Officer of Sierra Leone Artisanal Fishermen Union are passionately advocating on behalf of local fishermen and are desperately trying to prevent an environmental disaster with West African fisheries on the brink.

Chi-Gie Chor-ga is the name given to the new international boats that have started using the worst methods of fishing, both breaking local and international law and destroying fish breeding grounds. These boats are mainly operated by large Chinese and Korean fishing companies some with base in the communities, they approach the communities with with the intention of buying fish from local fishermen, with open hands they are welcome in these communities, after a few month of operation they abandon the agreement and brought in their own boats to fish for them with utmost brutality.

Director
Barmmy Boy Mansaray

Producers
Arthur Pratt, Banker White, Don Edkins

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