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Cameroon's coasts are suffering from overfishing. Foreign trawlers have depleted stocks to the point where there are few fish left. The city of Limbe in south-western Cameroon has been hard hit. Raphael Ayuk is the director of a local NGO. He says that the local population also bears responsibility. To smoke their fish, they take wood from mangroves that serve as spawning grounds for the fish.<br />Read more on http://www.dw.de/dw/episode/0,,15929742,00.html
Cameroon's coasts are suffering from overfishing. Foreign trawlers have depleted stocks to the point where there are few fish left. The city of Limbe in south-western Cameroon has been hard hit. Raphael Ayuk is the director of a local NGO. He says that the local population also bears responsibility. To smoke their fish, they take wood from mangroves that serve as spawning grounds for the fish.<br />Read more on http://www.dw.de/dw/episode/0,,15929742,00.html
