Saturday, November 9. It is 7:30 a.m. local time, about 116 miles south of Cotonou, Benin's largest city. We are in the middle of the Gulf of Guinea. From the bridge of a fishing patrol vessel (civilian, not military) you can see a skiff approaching with 7 or 8 people on board, some of them armed. The anti-piracy protocol is activated and all non-essential personnel are locked in the ship's citadel. When the attackers are just over a kilometer from the ship, Beninese navy personnel embarked to protect the ship fire several warning shots. 10 minutes later, the assailants leave the area. The incident seems like one more of those that have been affecting the waters of West Africa in recent months. But it is not because of its protagonist: the ship Bob Barker of the organization Sea Shepherd.
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