Ribamar’s fishing legacy at risk amid modern challenges

“Fishing is an industry very much adrift. If a sector is lost at sea, people are bound to try and save themselves”, says Leonor Silva, a fish net saleswoman. The Ribamar region has long been linked to sea life, fishermen, net making women, Nossa Senhora de Monserrate, but now, they’re struggling to stay afloat, how has it come to this?

 

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Ana Beatriz Nobre, Eduarda Alves, Liva Kaulina, Lukas Vyhnalík, Matilde Serra