Both local, foreign industrial boats are blamed for Senegalese fishing industry's continued problems. The U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization says more than half of West Africa's fisheries are dangerously depleted.
No Good Fish in the Sea: Overfishing in Senegal
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Most of the lag-lagal wear floppy hats and cover their arms and legs. Absa Mbaye is a lag-lagal, or reseller of fish. Joal, Senegal, May 30, 2017. (R. Shryock/VOA)
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Mamadou Ba poses for a portrait with a "guitar" ray. He calls the others electric rays. He has been cutting, drying and selling rays for decades. Joal, Senegal, May 30, 2017. (R. Shryock/VOA)
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Anne Sene is a “lag-lagal,” which another lag-lagal explained means “someone who buys fish wholesale and then resells them, whether they make money or not.” From sunup to sundown, groups of lag-lagal wade into the water toward the boats, fill their buckets with fish, and then come back to shore to figure out how to sell them. Joal, Senegal, May 30, 2017. (R. Shryock/VOA)
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Alioune Thiaw joked he was 300 years old when asked. (He's actually about 65.) He has been working as a fish reseller for about 50 years. Joal, Senegal, May 30, 2017. (R. Shryock/VOA)