Vanishing Fish, Polluted Waters: Cross River Fishers Battle For Their Livelihoods
By IFIOK UDOM FOR generations, fishing has sustained families in Esuk Atu, a coastal community in Calabar, Cross River State. Today, however, fishers say that livelihood is coming under growing pressure. At a community rights defenders training held in Esuk Atu, fishers described declining catches, smaller fish, polluted waterways, disappearing mangroves and increasingly unpredictable weather […]
