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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Bethanie Harriman

‘We depend on our beautiful reefs’: Fukushima water release plan sparks concern across Pacific

People fish as the sun sets in Toguru, Fiji
People fish as the sun sets in Toguru, Fiji. Fishing communities across the Pacific have expressed concern over Japan’s plan to release treated wastewater from the Fukushima plant. Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

Every day fisher Charlie Maleb takes his string lines and his nets out from Wala Island, Vanuatu, into the Pacific Ocean.

The 54-year-old drops his net around 5am and waits an hour before pulling it out, hoping to catch sardines, poulet and mangrove fish. Later in the day Maleb drops a line attached to a traditional fishing rod, fashioned out of a long tree branch.

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