Sunken wrecks, hot seas threaten fishermen on Italian isle
Fishermen say collisions with abandoned migrant boats and warmer waters are driving up costs, tearing nets and forcing them farther offshore.
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Sunken wrecks, hot seas threaten fishermen on Italian isle
The semi-arid outcrop, closer to North Africa than Italy, is a port of call for people attempting the perilous crossing to Europe, and their capsized or abandoned boats dot its emerald depths. "The nets are continuously torn... there are days when you snag two, three (migrant) boats," 71-year-old fisherman Salvatore Mannino told AFP. "We map the boats, but they move. They can snag one (fishing boat)" then later "another passes and gets caught to…
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LaProvence.comLampedusa (Italy), 8 Jul 2026 (AFP) – The fishermen of Lampedusa were for a long time the symbol of this distant Italian island, but they must now throw their nets in the midst of wrecks of migrants' boats and fish affected by the warming of the Mediterranean. This semi-arid land of some 6,000 inhabitants, closer to Tunisia [...] Read more A Lampedusa, the fishermen tear their nets in the wrecks of migrants appeared first on MARINE & OCEANS.
Lampedusa under pressure: Sunken wrecks, hot seas threaten fishermen on Italian isle
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