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It was one of those days that the peasant fishermen on this tributary of the Amazon River dream about. With water levels fal
It was one of those days that the peasant fishermen on this tributary of the Amazon River dream about. With water levels fal
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2015-10-12
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It was one of those days that the peasant fishermen on this tributary of the Amazon River dream about.
With water levels falling rapidly at the peak of the dry season, a giant school of bass, a tasty fish that fetches a good price at markets, was swimming right into the nets being cast from a dozen small canoes here.
" With a bit of luck, you can make $ 350 on a day like this," Lauro Souza Almeida, a leader of the local fishermen’s cooperative, exulted as he moved into position. "That is a fortune for people like us," he said, the equivalent of four months at the minimum wage earned by those fortunate enough to find work.
But hovering nearby was a large commercial fishing vessel, a " mother boat" equipped with large ice chests for storage and hauling more than a dozen smaller craft. The crew on board was just waiting for the remainder of the fish to move into the river’s main channel, where they intended to scoop up as many as they could with their efficient gill nets.
A symbol of abundance to the rest of the world, the Amazon is experiencing a crisis of overfishing. As stocks of the most popular species diminish to worrisome levels, tensions are growing between subsistence fishermen and their commercial rivals, who are eager to enrich their bottom line and satisfy the growing appetite for fish of city-dwellers in Brazil and abroad.
In response, peasants up and down the Amazon, here in Brazil and in neighboring countries like Peru, are forming cooperatives to control fish catches and restock their rivers and lakes. But that effort, increasingly successful, has only encouraged the commercial fishing operations, as well as some of the peasants’ less disciplined neighbors, to step up their depredations.
"The industrial fishing boats, the big 20-to 30-ton vessels, they have a different mentality than us artisanal fishermen, who have learned to take the protection of the environment into account," said the president of the local fishermen’s union. "They want to sweep everything up with their dragnets and then move on, benefiting from our work and sacrifice and leaving us with nothing. "
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在亚马逊河的这一支流上捕鱼的农民就希望遇上那天的情况。 旱季最缺水的时候,河面迅速下降,一大群鲈鱼正游进从十几只小船上撒下的网里。鲈鱼味道鲜美,能在市场上卖个好价钱。 “要是运气不错,赶上今天这种情况,就能挣350美元,”劳鲁.苏扎.阿尔梅达说道。他是当地渔民合作社的一位负责人。他一边兴高采烈地说着,一边摆好了架式准备干活。他说:“对我们这样的人来说,这可是一大笔钱呀。”因为就算一个人运气好,能找到工作,按最低工资计算,要四个月才能挣这么些钱。 然而就在不远的地方,有一只大型商业渔船在游弋,那是一只“母船”,备有巨大的储藏冰柜,还拖着十几只小船。船员都在船上等候,等到剩余的鱼进入主河道以后,他们就用高效率的刺网进行捕捞,能捞多少,就捞多少。 亚马逊河在世界上是物产丰富的标志,但它现在正经受一场过量捕鱼的危机。随着人们最喜爱的各种鱼类数量日渐减少,到了令人担忧的地步,靠打鱼糊口的渔民和他们商业对手之间的紧张关系也日益加剧,因为这些对手一心想着装满自己的船舱,以满足巴西乃至国外城里人越来越大的吃鱼胃口。 针对这种情况,亚马逊河沿岸的农民群众,在巴西境内也好,在秘鲁等邻国也好,纷纷成立合作社,以求控制捕鱼量,增加河湖中鱼的数量。但是,这方面的努力虽日见成效,却促使那些为商业目的而捕鱼的机构以及附近一些不大守规矩的农民加紧进行掠夺。 “那些工业化的渔船,二、三十吨位的,他们的想法跟我们这些靠手工操作的渔民不一样,我们懂得考虑怎样保护环境。”当地的渔业工会主席说道。“他们想用拖网一网打尽,然后又上别处去打。我们出力,他们受益,弄得我们一无所有。”
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