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  • Fishers oppose deal opening Madagascar to Chinese fishing

    Fishers oppose deal opening Madagascar to Chinese fishing

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    Two months ago, a Malagasy association signed a 10-year, $2.7 billion fishing deal with a group of Chinese companies to send 330 fishing vessels to Madagascar. The Agence Malagasy de Développement économique et de Promotion d’entreprises (AMDP) made the deal, which it says was designed to promote the country’s “blue economy.” It did so without…