4. Migrant fishermen in Senegal
The fishermen of Saint-Louis, called Guet Ndariens, are the most famous seasonal migrant fishermen in Senegal. They travel seasonally to the coastal areas of Lompoul and Kayar on the Great Coast to fish. In the fishing ports near Dakar, where there is a high concentration of fishing enterprises, migrant fishermen travel from the surrounding localities in search of high prices for fish and some have settled there. Some places, such as Djifer in the southernmost part of the Petite Côte, which were originally strongholds of migrant fishermen, have been transformed into fishing villages by sedentarisation.
Many migrant fishers in Senegal feel that they are outsiders in the destination fishing villages and are therefore less likely to be actively involved in the resource management activities by the destination fishing villages. This causes problems when local fishers try to respect catch limits, which are not communicated to migrant fishers, leading to friction with local fishers. The strong sense of belonging to the village of origin and the lack of solidarity with the communities in the destination villages, as is the case for the fishermen in Djifer, also makes resource management activities difficult.