Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. But what happens when ...

Serzhan Seitbenbetov, left, and Omirserik Ibragimov fish in a part of the Aral Sea with water, far away from their village Tastubek, outside Aralsk, Kazakhstan. [Photo: AP] There, fisherman ...

These men once relied on the Aral Sea. ... catfish and other species that ... Workers at canning factories processed and shipped tins of fish around the clock. Today, the Aral has shrunk to less ...

“The fish factories closed, the ships were stranded in the harbor, and the workers all left,” said Zhasekenov, former director of the Aral Sea Fisherman Museum in Aralsk, Kazakhstan. “It ...

Kazakhstan's two major aquatic ecosystems, the Aral and Caspian Seas, are in decline. The water level of the Caspian Sea continues to drop, leading to a steady decrease in fish stocks.

The Aral Sea was once the world’s fourth-largest inland body of water, ... catfish and other species that were caught, ... They remember the thriving fish market, ...

“The fish factories closed, the ships were stranded in the harbor, and the workers all left,” said Zhasekenov, former director of the Aral Sea Fisherman Museum in Aralsk, Kazakhstan. “It ...