2 hours agoThe people who resurrected the sea
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)To young Madi Zieskenov, the summer off the coast of the Aral Sea was an idyllic experience. His three - month vacations from school were spent at the port near his home in Aralsk, a town in southwest Kazakhstan, along with fishermen waiting for their daily prey. We were fishing with nets and waiting [...]
“When fishing with nets and waiting afterwards on the edge of the sea to catch as many fish”, says Zasekenov, now 58, writes “Koha Ditore” today. We used to catch small and large fish while feeding them cats and dogs, just for fun, because we had a lot of”.
But since he was 17 years old, the water level in the Aral Sea has fallen markedly, and its salt supply has increased so much that the seawater fish that once lived there can no longer survive. One of the most embarrassing moments for Giuseppekenov was when she realized that she had to buy daily family fish.
We didn't even know how to buy fish, because we were just used to catching”, he says. The first time I went to the market to buy fish, a bad feeling simply overwhelmed me”. /Distore time/
