>"We’ve always treated the river badly, we’ve always assumed it was big enough,” said Youssef Abugroun, an engineer and part-time fisherman, whose regular eveni

>"We’ve always treated the river badly, we’ve always assumed it was big enough,” said Youssef Abugroun, an engineer and part-time fisherman, whose regular evening sessions now net him around 10% of his catch a decade ago. “But maybe we’re just too many for that now.” And further down, mentions that the water is just "too filthy". Sounds like a large part of this is due to people shitting into the river they drink from. Makes it hard to have much sympathy.