Ramchandra Tendel arrived to Abu Dhabi from India in 1989, when he was 20. He’s since worked as the captain of a fishing boat. But last May, the nets he used to fish were banned in the UAE for causing too much harm to fish stocks — that means Ramchandra and his crew can’t fish at all. Reporter Noon Salih with the podcast Kerning Cultures tells the story of Ramchandra and his crew’s last week in the UAE. You can hear the full version of the podcast here.
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