Elienne Drebli Zogo, 44, is a seafood processor and vendor in the coastal community of Attécobé which houses the Locodjro landing stage near the Côte d’Ivoire economic capital of Abidjan. She started working in this profession at the age of 25 in order to support her husband, who was a student...

Eloisa Mota, 35, became a fishmonger thanks to her mother, who taught her the profession when she was growing up. “I ended up liking the work,” says Eloisa, who serves as vice-president of the Fishmongers Association of São Vicente, which is made up of both women and men. She worked from 7:30...

Souleymane Thiaw, from the community of Palmarin-Djiffère in Senegal’s Saloum Delta Islands, has been an artisanal fisherman all his life. ”I grew up and have bathed in this environment since my childhood,” says Souleymane, who also serves as coordinator of the Local Artisanal Fisheries Council (CLPA, in its French acronym). On a...

Maria Sábado de Horta Fidalgo, 42, lives in the village of Rincão on Cabo Verde’s Santiago Island and has been working as a small-scale fisher since leaving high school at the age of 17. She inherited a fishing vessel from her father, who was a life-long fisherman, and with this acitivity...

8 June, Dakar/Foundiougne/Rome - Ndèye Isseu Ndiaye is a seafood processor from the coastal community of Foundiougne, in Senegal’s Saloum Delta. This married mother of six helps to support her household by producing dried and semi-conserved shrimp. She says that shrimp and other marine creatures have become scarce in her lifetime. ”We...