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Drastic drop in Senegal's octopus stocks

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Since the 1980s, one of Senegal’s big exports has been Octopus – but today the octopus stocks in Senegal’s waters have fallen by up to 90 percent.

Octopus stocks in Senegal’s waters have fallen by up to 90 percent.
Octopus stocks in Senegal’s waters have fallen by up to 90 percent. Wikimedia/CC/Albert Kok
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In a fishing village south of the capital Dakar, called Joal-Fadiouth, fishermen saw their livelihoods starting to disappear ten years ago and have started to change how they fish.

Emmanuelle Landais has this report.

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