In Côte d'Ivoire, artisanal fishermen forced to halt work to protect fish

In Côte d'Ivoire, artisanal fishermen forced to halt work to protect fish

Source: africanews

7/8/2023

Credit: africanews ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP or licensors

On a shady corner of the beach in the south of Abidjan, men are playing cards: all are fishermen and were forced to stop their activity in July to abide by a government measure for the biological rest of fish.

"We do nothing, we do nothing at all," says Patrick Ange Yao annoyed. He's worked as an angler for more than twenty-two years.

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