• An Iraqi vendor shows different kinds of fish to customers at fish market at in Najaf, Iraq November 30, 2022. REUTERS / Alaa Al-Marjani
    An Iraqi vendor shows different kinds of fish to customers at fish market at in Najaf, Iraq November 30, 2022. REUTERS / Alaa Al-Marjani
  • Fish on display at the market
    Fish on display at the market
  • Workers feed ducks during their break near a fish-farming pond on the Euphrates river in Najaf
    Workers feed ducks during their break near a fish-farming pond on the Euphrates river in Najaf
  • An Iraqi vendor shows a fish to customers at the fish market in Najaf
    An Iraqi vendor shows a fish to customers at the fish market in Najaf
  • Fish farming on the Euphrates
    Fish farming on the Euphrates
  • Iraqi fish vendors show their wares
    Iraqi fish vendors show their wares
  • The fish-farming pond on the Euphrates
    The fish-farming pond on the Euphrates
  • Iraqi vendors prepare their fish for sale at the market
    Iraqi vendors prepare their fish for sale at the market
  • A dried-up fish pond on the Euphrates
    A dried-up fish pond on the Euphrates

MENA

Drought diminishes Najaf's fish production industry - in pictures

Fish farmers are having to contend with rivers drying up amid warmer temperatures

The National

December 04, 2022

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Updated: December 04, 2022, 12:00 PM
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