Swakopmund Matters
HQ 🇳🇦 Namibia · 1 project tracked
The Coastal Town Standing Between Dredgers and the Benguela
Oceans & Coasts🇳🇦 Namibia
Namibia's cold Benguela upwelling feeds a fishery employing 22,000 people; a proposal to vacuum phosphate off the seabed beneath it has been fought to a standstill for fifteen years.
13kpeopleNamibians employed offshore by the fishing industry
8,800peopleNamibians employed onshore by the fishing industry
2,011yearYear the group formed