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Senegalese fishermen returning from setting nets all night.
In Senegal, a new offshore gas terminal, located in the Atlantic Ocean about ten kilometres off Saint-Louis, is beginning to upset fishermen who are lamenting the loss of an area rich in fish.
A new danger may be looming on the horizon.The launch of gas production is expected to start in 2023. As it draws closer the Secretary-General of the fishing union braces for the worst; meaning the end of any fishing activity in the area.
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- RANDY OLSON
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- Contained in galleries
- Global Fish Crisis: Still Waters_National Geographic magazine, 04/2007
