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Declining carp fishes in Bangladesh’s Kaptai Lake leave small-scale fishers struggling

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Declining carp fishes in Bangladesh’s Kaptai Lake leave small-scale fishers struggling
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A faded towel draped over his shoulders, 53-year-old Khokon Jaladas sat quietly in the yard of his home. Just beyond his house, a few fishing boats moored in Kaptai Lake, the largest manmade reservoir in Bangladesh. He watched them quietly. Until a few years ago, he would have been out on the water too, spending long hours casting nets and trying to catch enough fish to feed his family. But now, fishing alone is no longer enough for him. To make ends meet, he works as a laborer in the boat build

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