Spotlight on young fishermen. Campaign with Sofonie Dala

Q&A: Overfishing in Angola. Day 2

The harder the challenge, the greater the achievement, and for some anglers that’s the perfect fishing experience. If you manage fisheries cleverly, you can create outcomes with happy people and limited overfishing. Today we will learn about the different experiences that these young fishermen will tell us.

Interview with Sebastião

Do you always fish?

No, not always.

How old are you?

I'm 14 years old

What is your name?

Sebastião.

Can you show what you caught today?

Yes, here are the fish.

Are they alive?

Yes, Yes

What do you use to attract fish?

We use fishnet.

What challenges do fishermen face in the sea?

Here in the sea, there are lots of broken bottles and garbage. The shards tear the nets, which makes fishing very difficult.

What can we do to eliminate this?

It is necessary to eliminate all the irons and all the garbage to make fishing easier.

Another interview

Hi guys. Are you okay?

Yes we are fine.

Are you fishermen?

Yes we are Fishermen.

How many fish have you caught today?

We haven't caught any fish yet.

Have you been at sea for a long time?

Yes.

So, is the fishing very difficult today?

Yes, difficult.

What product do you use to attract fish?

We use baits.

Where can we find these baits?

We can find baits in the sea.

What material do you use to fish?

We use the line, bait, hook and bucket to get the fish.

Do you buy this material very expensive?

Not so much. 1 meter of line costs 20 kwanzas

And the hook?

The hook we buy 3 hooks for one hundred kwanzas.

Who sells these instruments?

It's the Fishermen.

Wouldn't you like to have a fishing net and canoe?

We'd really like to have it, but it's too expensive. And we need to have money.

But if a sponsor appears, would you take advantage?

Yes. Let's get this opportunity.

How old are you?

We are between 14 and 15 years old.

Have you been in the fishing world for many years?

Yes, a long time since our childhood. He used to go fishing with his father who is now retired.

When you catch fish, what do you do with the fish?

Some fish we sell and others we consume.

Do you come here everyday?

Yea

When you sell, do you manage to collect a large amount of money?

yes we make a lot of money

OK, very good.

Don't you study?

We're studying, but we're on vacation now, so we're here every day.

Demonstration of the use of fishing equipment.

What is this?

This is the hook.

How do you use this little thing?

We put the line with the bait here, when the fish comes to eat, this needle sticks to the fish, and we grab it.

What's in that bag of yours?

This is buoy.

What did you put there inside this buoy?

Styrofoam.

How many people can fit up there?

3 people.

Using this hook how many fish can you catch?

It depends on the hook you are going to use, you can hook 4, 3 or 2 fish

Hammm, ok, can we take many fishes at once?

Yes.

For environmental conflict and political drama, it’s hard to beat fishing. Almost all the fish consumed by developed countries comes from industrial fisheries, which generate not just a lot of revenue, but controversy over their impact, such as accidentally harming seabirds or scraping the sea floor. Every day, humans generate millions of tons of garbage. And although a lot of that litter ends up in landfills, some enters the ocean by accident or through illegal dumping.