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Rising Sea Levels Challenge Fishermen in Senegal

Esha Sarai

   SAINT LOUIS, SENEGAL - 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. Families are expanding and using new
   materials."