Other fish are used for commercial sale, but these inshore fisheries provide the bulk of food for the household. Here a younger member of a local household is pulling up his inshore fixed gill net. The net is fixed in place and catches fish in its mesh as the tide goes out. This boy had contracted polio at a much younger age and it was very difficult for him to join his older brothers on the boats. However, this village-focused fishing provided the bulk of the fish that his family used for their own consumption. These types of inshore fisheries were very common for elderly men and others to make a major contribution to the subsistence strategies of their families. The size of the fish was much smaller than would be caught further offshore, but I was amazed at the diversity of fish species that could be caught with these fixed nets. However, the majority of the fish caught were mullets and clupeids.
