Postcards: Paraguay’s drying river stokes water tensions between fishers and farmers
DANIELA DESANTIS and CESAR OLMEDO, of Reuters, report…
Yemen: Fishermen left high and dry by conflict, extreme weather
NAZIH OSSEIRAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that climate change and conflict are forcing Yemen’s fishermen to abandon their trade or seek out riskier routes off East Africa…
Migrant lives: The fisherman from Senegal keeping Spain’s vessels afloat
NACHO DOCE and CHARLIE DEVEREUX, of Reuters, report…
Gaza fishermen brave shells for tiny catches in struggle to feed families
Rafah, Gaza Reuters Gaza fisherman Abdul Rahim al-Najjar risks his life every day rowing a dinghy into the waves under Israeli military surveillance to net an occasional crab or fish – tiny morsels of food on which his hungry family has come to rely. The fishermen of the tiny Palestinian enclave have long been subject […]
South China Sea: Filipino fishermen caught in debt net in Scarborough Shoal row
With tensions rising in the South China Sea, Filipino fishermen say they face ruin as China blocks them from key fishing ground. MARIEJO RAMOS, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
Lebanese boats warned off fishing areas amid border clashes
Tyre, Lebanon Reuters Fishermen in the Lebanese city of Tyre are among those counting the costs of war in the Middle East. As Israel and Hezbollah clash, it is too dangerous to sail into nearby fishing grounds. “Already our fish were scarce. Now we have the war,” said fisherman Imad Azuzu. “If we venture a […]
Philippines urges fishermen to keep up presence at China-held shoal
Manila, The Philippines Reuters The coastguard of the Philippines urged the country’s fishermen on Wednesday to keep operating at the disputed Scarborough Shoal and other sites in the South China Sea, pledging to step up patrols there despite an imposing Chinese presence. Philippine vessels were unable to maintain a constant presence but were committed to […]
Protecting livelihoods: Indian fishermen use smartphones to map a vanishing way of life
Fishermen in Tamil Nadu are using apps to map their ancestral lands and protect old ways from new development. VISHI DOSHI and LAASYA SHEKHAR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report…
“The fresh water is finished”: Drought drives economic exodus from Iraq’s rivers and marshlands
AHMED SAEED, ISSAM SUDANI AND TIMOUR AZHARI, of Reuters, report from southern Iraq…
Fukushima water release stokes fresh fears for fisherman
Shinchimachi, Japan Reuters A chilly dawn paints the sky magenta and purple as Japanese fisherman Haruo Ono unloads his catch of flounder, crab and sea bass from his boat at the small port of Shinchimachi. A third-generation fisherman, Ono, 71, has been putting to sea for half a century from Shinchimachi, 55 kilometres north of […]