The African fishermen who blame Chinese trawlers for their woes
Fishing crews in Sierra Leone say large Chinese ships are illegally hoovering up stocks.
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The African fishermen who blame Chinese trawlers for their woesImage caption, Fishermen on Sierra Leone's Sherbo Island say their catches have fallenByEd ButlerBusiness reporter, Reporting fromSherbo Island, Sierra LeonePublished41 minutes agoThe villagers are shouting as they haul on the ropes to pull the net in from the sea.It takes a big collective effort of a dozen or more people to drag the wriggling mass of snapper, mackerel, barracuda, rays, and many more fish besides, onto the beach.Shore fishing like this is a tradition on Sierra Leone's Sherbo Island in West Africa, some 75 miles (120km) south of the capital Freetown.
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