RUFISQUE: Ibrahima Mar first lost his livelihood then lost his son when the fish off Senegal’s coast began to disappear, rupturing a way of life that had sustained his family for generations.
Industrial and illegal fishing, among other factors, have contributed to a sharp decline in the region’s fish stock, robbing the west African nation of a traditional source of nutrition and income.
In recent years, fish have been “increasingly plundered,” said Mar, who lives in a fishing village in the Dakar suburb of Rufisque.
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