Girtina Gelek Masîyan li Senegalê

Men haul in a day’s catch, mostly the smaller sardinella fish, off the coast of Joal, Senegal, May 29, 2017. (R. Shryock/VOA)

Abdou Rakhmane Sidibe is a “lag-lagal,” the term used for the men and women who buy fish directly from the boat and then turn around and sell those fish to market vendors, individuals who just want to cook dinner, or other fishermen, who then use them as bait. Joal, Senegal, May 30, 2017. (R. Shryock/VOA)

Overfishing in West African waters has depleted stocks of high-quality fish, such as a local grouper known as thiof in Senegal. Thiof is revered in the cuisine and culture. Joal, Senegal, May 29, 2017. (R. Shryock/VOA))

From sunup to sundown, groups of lag-lagal wade into the water toward the boats off Joal, Senegal, fill their buckets with fish, and come back to shore to figure out how to sell them. May 30, 2017. (R.Shryock/VOA)

خانہ کعبہ میں ادا کی جانے والی نماز عید کے دوران کرونا وائرس سے بچاؤ کے پیش نظر احتیاطی تدابیر اختیار کرتے ہوئے صفوں میں فاصلہ رکھا گیا۔ جب کہ مسجد الحرام میں محدود تعداد میں افراد کو نماز عید ادا کرنے کی اجازت دی گئی۔

Mamadou Ba poses for a portrait with a "guitar" ray. He calls the others electric rays. He has been cutting, drying and selling rays for decades. Joal, Senegal, May 30, 2017. (R. Shryock/VOA)

Anne Sene is a “lag-lagal,” which another lag-lagal explained means “someone who buys fish wholesale and then resells them, whether they make money or not.” From sunup to sundown, groups of lag-lagal wade into the water toward the boats, fill their buckets with fish, and then come back to shore to figure out how to sell them. Joal, Senegal, May 30, 2017. (R. Shryock/VOA)

Alioune Thiaw joked he was 300 years old when asked. (He's actually about 65.) He has been working as a fish reseller for about 50 years. Joal, Senegal, May 30, 2017. (R. Shryock/VOA)

Fishermen get ready to cast off in the morning off the coast of Joal, Senegal, May 30, 2017. (R. Shryock/VOA)

Men repair fishing nets in Joal, Senegal, May 31, 2017. (R. Shryock/VOA)

Fishermen get ready to cast off in the morning from Joal, Senegal, May 31, 2017. According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, more than 50 percent of West Africa’s fisheries are dangerously depleted. (R. Shryock/VOA)