They also know no other way to live or fish. Sure, the chinchorros pick up lots of other things besides shrimp. But usually, they are species that have no commercial value. This is all I know how to do. Shrimp catches have tumbled 40 percent to 50 percent since 1986.
Many boats are out of work.
And fishermen are turning into conservationists. It's not a bunch of conservationists who are saying this. It's the captains, the boat owners and the fishermen on the ships. Manuel Macias, left foreground, washes the catch, which is then loaded onto trucks. The world is full of warnings about gill nets.