In northern Haiti, conservation efforts focus on coastlines
Monday, June 8, 2015 - 02:30
in Earth & Climate
Only little fish are pulled from the coastal waters off Haiti. In this overfished area of northern Haiti, fishermen who want a catch big enough for a meal say they must travel three hours in a boat to the Dominican Republic, where they scour the reefs of a national park and risk arrest, beatings or even death.