Rising Sea Levels Challenge Fishermen in Senegal
Published on: Monday 22 July 2019
Saint Louis, Senegal is home to generations of fishermen, who say they know no other life or way to make a living.
But rising sea levels and new international regulations are forcing them to change how they work.
Though most fishermen here learned from their fathers, who learned from theirs, most say the work today is nothing like it was for older generations.
"Our parents were lucky - traditional rules in the fishing community were well established and respected," fisherman Ousmane Diop told VOA. "But things have changed now.
