Senegal's fishermen blame BP gas plant for dwindling catch off Saint-Louis
The huge off-shore facility run by BP means they now struggle to survive, the fishermen say.
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He hopes he will get a better catch than the previous day, yet he is frustrated by the thought that whatever he finds might not meet his needs.
"Before, we worked to live, but now we just work to survive," says the 25-year-old.
Like him, many other small-scale, traditional fishermen in Saint-Louis - a major fishing hub - are facing hard times.
The BBC has spoken to several fishermen and people linked to the fishing trade who all point to one cause - a liquefied natural gas platform that sits on the maritime border between Senegal and Mauritania, off the coast of Saint-Louis.
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