# How industrial fishing sinks communities

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Countdown Dilemma Series: Food
- Speaker: Lamin Jassey
- Year: 2024
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/lamin_jassey_how_industrial_fishing_sinks_communities)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What happens when the fish that sustain a community start disappearing? Environmental activist Lamin Jassey shares how industrial fish meal factories are devastating local waters, livelihoods and health in The Gambia — and how communities are organizing to defend their coasts and reclaim their future, one catch at a time.

## Lectures

1. [How industrial fishing sinks communities](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/lamin_jassey_how_industrial_fishing_sinks_communities/b38ac18eb8c5), 8 min (TED's player)