An elephant bird stands in its enclosure at the animal refuge Ostok Sanctuary, on the outskirts of Culiacan, Mexico, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)
Santa Fe runway models will include former U.S. Interior Secretaryof Laguna Pueblo, adorned with clothing from Michaels and jewelry by Zuni Pueblo silversmith Veronica Poblano.
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Overfishing by foreign vessels is decimating fish stocks in the West African, which is in turn fueling migration to Spain, according to a report released Tuesday.The Environmental Justice Foundation, a London-based group specializing in environmental and human rights issues, said illegal overfishing and destructive practices by foreign vessels are responsible for increased
. It based its conclusions on interviews with fishermen in Spain and Senegal and its prior research on foreign overfishing.The group found that 57% of fish stocks in Senegal are in a “state of collapse,” with foreign vessels playing a significant role in declining numbers. Its analysis showed 43.7% of licensed vessels in Senegal are foreign-controlled, predominantly of Spanish and Chinese origin.
As fish populations dwindle, local fishermen are facing income loss, and many have turned to migration as a last resort. Fishing is an important economic sector in Senegal that employs 3% of the workforce.
Irregular migration to the Canary Islands almost doubled in 2024, according to the Spanish Interior Ministry, reaching 46,843. While exact figures aren’t known due to a lack of information on departures from West Africa, Senegal is one of the top three nationalities of arrivals to the Spanish islands.Delia Quiroa holds one of her Searching Mother costumed Barbie doll that has a picture of her missing brother Roberto with text that reads in Spanish; “Searching for you,” in Mexico City, July 24, 2023. Quiroa is running for district judge in the Mexican state of Sinaloa in the upcoming June 1 judicial election. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)
Quiroa’s experience has been different to most other candidates’ in that she’s more accustomed to being on the victims’ side.After her brother disappeared in the northern border state of Tamaulipas, Quiroa began searching and eventually founded a collective called “March 10” for the day he vanished.
She quickly realized there was little legal help available to help searchers like herself, so she left her engineering career and began to study law while continuing her search.Quiroa gained notoriety a couple years ago when she proposed criminal groups consider a peace treaty to make it safer to search for the missing and she began selling a “Searcher Barbie” to raise money for her group’s activities.