China's appetite for fish pushes world's supplies to the brink
Having depleted the seas close to home, its fishing firms - often govt subsidised - are exploiting waters elsewhere
Joal, Senegal
ONCE upon a time, the seas teemed with mackerel, squid and sardines, and life was good. But now, on opposite sides of the globe, sun-creased fishermen lament as they reel in their nearly empty nets.
"Your net would be so full of fish, you could barely heave it onto the boat," said Mamadou So, 52, a fisherman in Senegal, gesturing to the meagre assortment of tiny fish flapping in his wooden canoe.
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