Sunday, 2 June 2013

Struggling Senegal fishermen turn to aquaculture

Moundop, Senegal (AFP) May 30, 2013



Tilapia splash and flip in a pond by the Senegal River where a fishing industry devastated by a dramatic decline in catches has turned to the burgeoning business of aquaculture.

For generations of Senegalese fishing has provided a key part of their diet and an important means of keeping the country afloat. But increasingly people are turning to farming rather than catching fish as stocks dwi