Fishing industry struggling to survive (UAE)

Seen from passing cars, or through the eyes of people on the quayside, the fishing craft jostling for space at Abu Dhabi Mina port offer a striking spectacle that evokes a living tradition in which days and nights are spent battling the elements to land a catch and a livelihood.

But closer inspection reveals the tradition, at least among Emiratis, to be imperiled. Of about 500 boats moored at Mina, 120 have gone nowhere for almost six months, according to Darwish Rashid bin Lootah, a veteran fisherman from the Abu Dhabi Co-operative Society.

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