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Small local fishing boats off the coast of Tanzania complain of a decrease in fish with many blaming over fishing by larger international trawlers.Tanzanian fishermen with empty nets.Searching the ocean for any signs of a shoal of fish.Crew members dive into the warm waters with snorkel to search for shoals of fish. Once the shoals of fish have been spotted nets are sent into the water and the divings shepherd the fish into the nets.Small fish are caught in nets. Another long day for them without catching any large fish.End of a long day with little to show. When the catch is split between the crew, it is barely sustainable.Small fish now line the table's in Dar Es Salaam's main fish market. According to market workers, in the past decade the size of catches have reduced dramatically.Kivukoni Fish Market in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.Small fish now line the table's in Dar Es Salaam's main fish market. According to market workers, in the past decade the size of catches have reduced dramatically.Fisherman leave at dawn off the coast of Zanzibar. Fishermen used to set sail at 6am and be back for 11am but with fish numbers so low many fishermen are returning mid afternoon.Salim, 52, works on whatever boat need him that morning and has been a fisherman all his life. He has seen a continuous decrease in fish stocks off the coast of Zanzibar.Musa, 42, catches a shark off the coast of Zanzibar. He is trying to catch the more lucrative red snapper, but it has been hard to find in recent yearsA fishing boat line fishes for Red Snapper but only catches small sharks.Even the numerous sharks that are being caught off the coast of Tanzania far smaller than in previous years.Fish merchants wait for boats to return from the sea. Low fish stocks has had a knock on affect on entire communities reliant on the market.A fisherman returns to shore at dawn with just two Tuna caught during the night. Tuna were abundant here just a decade ago.Children watch a traditional fishing boat being built on the beach of Zanzibar.An old fishing boat is given a makeover. The boat is blasted with fire to seal the aging wood.Fishing boats line the shoreline at Kivukoni Fish Market in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzaina.