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18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - A dozen large canoes are usually parked in front of Hann's export wharf, but the coronavirus has slowed intensive fishing and factories that sort, package and send fish to Europe and Asia have temporarily closed.
Over 17% of Senegalese people make a living from fishing. Since the slowdown in world air traffic, the export sector has slowed down: the best fish, reserved for the European and Asian markets, are sold on the local market. On one of Dakar's major fishing docks, fishermen and retailers are suffering the consequences of the surplus of fish and the measures implemented by the Senegalese government to fight against the coronavirus.

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17/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - A man repairs his pirogue transformed into a fishing boat on the beach of Hann
Over 17% of Senegalese people make a living from fishing. Since the slowdown in world air traffic, the export sector has slowed down: the best fish, reserved for the European and Asian markets, are sold on the local market. On one of Dakar's major fishing docks, fishermen and retailers are suffering the consequences of the surplus of fish and the measures implemented by the Senegalese government to fight against the coronavirus.

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18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - Hann Beach.
Over 17% of Senegalese people make a living from fishing. Since the slowdown in world air traffic, the export sector has slowed down: the best fish, reserved for the European and Asian markets, are sold on the local market. On one of Dakar's major fishing docks, fishermen and retailers are suffering the consequences of the surplus of fish and the measures implemented by the Senegalese government to fight against the coronavirus.

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18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - a fisherman carries his cargo of fish in the port of Han.
Over 17% of Senegalese people make a living from fishing. Since the slowdown in world air traffic, the export sector has slowed down: the best fish, reserved for the European and Asian markets, are sold on the local market. On one of Dakar's major fishing docks, fishermen and retailers are suffering the consequences of the surplus of fish and the measures implemented by the Senegalese government to fight against the coronavirus.

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“We fish with the hope of better days”: the galley -
18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - "I will leave as soon as the sea is calmer to come back to sell other fish during Ramadan, because if I stay at home, I will have nothing to eat and I will have chances of catching the coronavirus", supports Souleymane Jules, captain on the pirogue who spent two weeks at sea.
Over 17% of Senegalese people make a living from fishing. Since the slowdown in world air traffic, the export sector has slowed down: the best fish, reserved for the European and Asian markets, are sold on the local market. On one of Dakar's major fishing docks, fishermen and retailers are suffering the consequences of the surplus of fish and the measures implemented by the Senegalese government to fight against the coronavirus.

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17/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - Canoe owners take advantage of a slow period to repair their fleet, but renovations of the most important boats can cost up to “several thousand euros” according to Faly Sarr, ready to invest, “since this coronavirus crisis will be well finished, and we will be the first to go back to work ”.
Over 17% of Senegalese people make a living from fishing. Since the slowdown in world air traffic, the export sector has slowed down: the best fish, reserved for the European and Asian markets, are sold on the local market. On one of Dakar's major fishing docks, fishermen and retailers are suffering the consequences of the surplus of fish and the measures implemented by the Senegalese government to fight against the coronavirus.

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17/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - "The wharves had been closed for almost a week to disinfect everything, and we have just opened them again to small-scale fishermen, but cleaning weekly to prevent the spread of the virus," said Abdoulaye Sy, one of the officials of the Harbor.
Over 17% of Senegalese people make a living from fishing. Since the slowdown in world air traffic, the export sector has slowed down: the best fish, reserved for the European and Asian markets, are sold on the local market. On one of Dakar's major fishing docks, fishermen and retailers are suffering the consequences of the surplus of fish and the measures implemented by the Senegalese government to fight against the coronavirus.

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17/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - Two carriers impatiently wait for their trucks to be loaded with fish before leaving to deliver customers to the city before 8 p.m., after which time they are no longer authorized to travel by the authorities and risk a fine for violating the curfew.
Over 17% of Senegalese people make a living from fishing. Since the slowdown in world air traffic, the export sector has slowed down: the best fish, reserved for the European and Asian markets, are sold on the local market. On one of Dakar's major fishing docks, fishermen and retailers are suffering the consequences of the surplus of fish and the measures implemented by the Senegalese government to fight against the coronavirus.

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18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - "The disease still surprises us, but the Senegalese is resistant, it takes more to stop living and working. We are fishing with the hope of better days, ”said Faly Sarr, who is waiting for the return of his two sons, who have been at sea for eight days.
Over 17% of Senegalese people make a living from fishing. Since the slowdown in world air traffic, the export sector has slowed down: the best fish, reserved for the European and Asian markets, are sold on the local market. On one of Dakar's major fishing docks, fishermen and retailers are suffering the consequences of the surplus of fish and the measures implemented by the Senegalese government to fight against the coronavirus.

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18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - "My two sons have been at sea for eight days, but even if they bring back tons of fish, they will gain almost nothing," laments Faly Sarr, owner of a dozen canoes and head of the largest family of fishermen and resellers at the Hann wharf in Dakar.
Over 17% of Senegalese people make a living from fishing. Since the slowdown in world air traffic, the export sector has slowed down: the best fish, reserved for the European and Asian markets, are sold on the local market. On one of Dakar's major fishing docks, fishermen and retailers are suffering the consequences of the surplus of fish and the measures implemented by the Senegalese government to fight against the coronavirus.

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18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - "The prices have gone down and so have our margins, so I earn almost nothing every day, but I keep coming because it's my job," said Demba Gueye, one of the port's many wholesalers, active all day to sort and sell fish.
Over 17% of Senegalese people make a living from fishing. Since the slowdown in world air traffic, the export sector has slowed down: the best fish, reserved for the European and Asian markets, are sold on the local market. On one of Dakar's major fishing docks, fishermen and retailers are suffering the consequences of the surplus of fish and the measures implemented by the Senegalese government to fight against the coronavirus.

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18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - Fatou Ndour, 27, replaces her mother at the family fish sales stand, while the latter takes care of her sick brother: “We all come from far away to make a living here. But with the curfew at 8 p.m., I have to stay near the port, at my aunt's, because my house is an hour away by bus. ”
Over 17% of Senegalese people make a living from fishing. Since the slowdown in world air traffic, the export sector has slowed down: the best fish, reserved for the European and Asian markets, are sold on the local market. On one of Dakar's major fishing docks, fishermen and retailers are suffering the consequences of the surplus of fish and the measures implemented by the Senegalese government to fight against the coronavirus.

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18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - After sixteen days at sea without interruption, one of the fishermen of a large pirogue whose cargo is intended for export collapses in front of the quay dedicated to shipments to Europe, while waiting for the resellers to negotiate and inspect the taken.
Over 17% of Senegalese people make a living from fishing. Since the slowdown in world air traffic, the export sector has slowed down: the best fish, reserved for the European and Asian markets, are sold on the local market. On one of Dakar's major fishing docks, fishermen and retailers are suffering the consequences of the surplus of fish and the measures implemented by the Senegalese government to fight against the coronavirus.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium -
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18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - "Negotiating with the wholesalers is too difficult at the moment, the prices are low and they are fighting for a small margin, so we sell at sums to which we have never sold", laments Malick Sy, a few minutes after his return two weeks at sea, spent on a large canoe with his brothers.
Over 17% of Senegalese people make a living from fishing. Since the slowdown in world air traffic, the export sector has slowed down: the best fish, reserved for the European and Asian markets, are sold on the local market. On one of Dakar's major fishing docks, fishermen and retailers are suffering the consequences of the surplus of fish and the measures implemented by the Senegalese government to fight against the coronavirus.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium -
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18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - “Before, black cod could sell in factories up to 15,000 CFA francs per kilo - more than twenty euros, note - but now it's difficult to negotiate above 4,000 francs - about six euros - kilo on the local market ”, explains one of the port's wholesalers, who must resign themselves to selling.
Over 17% of Senegalese people make a living from fishing. Since the slowdown in world air traffic, the export sector has slowed down: the best fish, reserved for the European and Asian markets, are sold on the local market. On one of Dakar's major fishing docks, fishermen and retailers are suffering the consequences of the surplus of fish and the measures implemented by the Senegalese government to fight against the coronavirus.

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Sadak Souici / Le Pictorium -
“We fish with the hope of better days”: the galley -
17/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - Neither social distancing nor wearing masks are applied to the port of Hann, although they are recommended by the Senegalese government: "People eat together, shake hands and will never get used to the mask to work", explains Fatou Ndour.
Over 17% of Senegalese people make a living from fishing. Since the slowdown in world air traffic, the export sector has slowed down: the best fish, reserved for the European and Asian markets, are sold on the local market. On one of Dakar's major fishing docks, fishermen and retailers are suffering the consequences of the surplus of fish and the measures implemented by the Senegalese government to fight against the coronavirus.

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18/04/2020 - Senegal / Dakar / Dakar - Galaye Gueye is the head of an export company which sells directly to factories: “I employ 15 people in this part of the port and it is out of the question to send them home during the first days of Ramadan, since this is a very busy period for orders. We will continue, even if we earn less. ”
Over 17% of Senegalese people make a living from fishing. Since the slowdown in world air traffic, the export sector has slowed down: the best fish, reserved for the European and Asian markets, are sold on the local market. On one of Dakar's major fishing docks, fishermen and retailers are suffering the consequences of the surplus of fish and the measures implemented by the Senegalese government to fight against the coronavirus.

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