My Hustle: Catching up with a Ghanaian fisherman

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My Hustle's Samson Adeleke takes us onto the waters of the Ghanaian coast to fish with fisherman Nii Aryeetey and his crew. He learns all about the hard work of casting and pulling in nets and is stunned at the amount of plastic the fisherman pull in with their catch.

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00:00This fish is called what?

00:01Kwa-mi-o-sai

00:02Just look at it, man.

00:03And this one is called what?

00:04Ba-obi

00:05Ba-obi

00:05And this one is called?

00:06Ika-i-kacha

00:07And this one?

00:08It's redfish

00:09Wow, this is wonderful.

00:10All these fish can be found along the stunning, beautiful West Africa coastline.

00:16For years, I have traveled across West African city.

00:20And one particular also stood out.

00:22Fishing.

00:24Na-yem!

00:25Na-yem!

00:26Na-yem!

00:27Fishing requires the same energy and camera drain.

00:31And our hustler for today is Ni Aite.

00:34What's up, man?

00:35Hi, guys.

00:35I'm a fisherman from Ghana.

00:37And this is my hustle.

00:40I know you guys don't like to put on life jackets.

00:42It's not part of our fishing.

00:43We don't use it.

00:44Uh-huh, uh-huh.

00:46But for me, I have to put on life jackets because for my safety.

00:51Yeah, what's your boat?

00:52It's one here.

00:53No halo!

00:54No halo!

00:55No halo!

00:56No halo!

00:57That spirit, man!

00:58How far are we going to get today?

00:59No, not too far.

01:00You know, this is actually my first time of getting on top of a boat like this to go

01:03into the deep ocean.

01:04Okay.

01:05How long have you been doing this?

01:06For 15 years now.

01:08What kind of fishes do you usually get from this area?

01:11We have salmon.

01:12Uh-huh.

01:13We have herrings.

01:14Okay.

01:15We have grouper.

01:16And we have a whole lot.

01:17A whole lot of them.

01:18We have redfish.

01:19Redfish as well.

01:20What method do you usually use to catch your fish?

01:22We use casting round method.

01:24Oh, okay.

01:25Casting round method.

01:26Okay, okay.

01:27So we cast it round so that we pull the under and then we gather the fish.

01:31Oh, okay.

01:32Sam, here we are now.

01:33Uh-huh.

01:34We are about to cast on it.

01:35But first of all, we need to throw an anchor.

01:36This is an anchor.

01:37Okay.

01:38It is made of metal.

01:39Okay.

01:40It has four fingers.

01:41One, two, three, four.

01:42Wow, it's very heavy.

01:43It's very, very heavy.

01:44Wow, wow, wow.

01:45This is what holds the canoe to stabilize the canoe to stay at one place.

01:51Okay.

01:52No movement.

01:53Wow.

01:54This also is not easy and you are not putting on life jackets.

01:57Then you throw it.

01:59Uh-huh.

02:00Damn.

02:01Wow.

02:02So it will go deeper, right?

02:03It will go deeper.

02:04Okay, okay, okay.

02:05So when it gets down, what happens?

02:08It holds the soil.

02:09Oh, okay.

02:10There are some rocks under the sea.

02:12Yeah, you hold it.

02:13So you tie it.

02:14Okay.

02:15Do you need me to also tie?

02:16Or just like that?

02:17Yeah.

02:18You tie it.

02:19Okay.

02:20These are rings.

02:21Okay.

02:22What's the purpose?

02:23The purpose is just to drag the lead from the sea.

02:30Oh, okay, okay, okay.

02:31To be able to downcast the net.

02:34Oh, okay.

02:35So that the fish will not pass under the net.

02:37This net has different types.

02:38Okay, okay.

02:39We have two inches.

02:40Okay.

02:41We have one and quarter.

02:42Okay.

02:43We have one inch.

02:44Okay.

02:45We have one and eight.

02:46When you throw the sand, it gives you the direction at which the sea is going to?

02:48The sea is going to, yeah.

02:49Oh, okay.

02:50So guys, let me also try my own to know the direction which sea is going to.

02:54For now, we don't have compass.

02:55We have to use sand.

02:56Sand.

02:57So, I'm about to throw it.

02:58Are you guys ready for it?

02:59Should I go?

03:00Willa!

03:01Wow, the sand is going.

03:02Can you see it?

03:03Can you see it?

03:04Can you see it?

03:05Wow.

03:06See?

03:07Just look at that.

03:08Look at that.

03:09Look at that.

03:10Look at that.

03:11Look at that.

03:12So it's going towards this direction.

03:13Wow.

03:14Wow.

03:15So now, we're going to cast the net towards this direction, right?

03:18The big moment is here.

03:19Yeah.

03:20It is turn by turn.

03:22Wow.

03:23See the way it's moving.

03:24Just look at that, man.

03:25Just look at that.

03:26It's moving by itself, right?

03:27It has been divided already.

03:29Oh, I see.

03:30Don't stand on the net.

03:31Oh, okay.

03:32Oh, okay.

03:33Okay, okay.

03:34Don't stand.

03:35Oh, wow.

03:36So we have two ends.

03:37Okay.

03:38This is the first end.

03:39The first end is where the gallum is.

03:40Oh, okay.

03:41And the last end is this.

03:42We've casted the net right now.

03:43Okay.

03:44So, what nest?

03:45The next thing is to pull the rings.

04:02This also is energy sucking.

04:07So this bitch.

04:10First of all.

04:11Wow.

04:12Guys, just look at that.

04:14Wow.

04:15What a great moment for me, man.

04:16First time of fishing.

04:17We caught this.

04:18My God.

04:19Wow.

04:20Hello, fish.

04:21How are you?

04:22You see?

04:23I got it.

04:24I got it.

04:25I got it.

04:26I got it.

04:27I got it.

04:28I got it.

04:29I got it.

04:30I got it.

04:31I got it.

04:32I got it.

04:33I got it.

04:34I got it.

04:35I got it.

04:36I got it.

04:37I got it.

04:38I got it.

04:39I got it.

04:40I got it.

04:41I got it.

04:42I got it.

04:43I got it.

04:44Wow.

04:45The moment is now.

04:46We are about to turn all the fishes that we caught today.

04:48Let's go there.

04:49Wow.

04:50Wow.

04:51Wow.

04:52Wow.

04:53A lot of plastic there.

04:54Wow.

04:55Wow.

04:56Oh my God.

04:57Oh my God.

04:58Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

04:59This is too much.

05:00This is too much.

05:01Guys, we really need to stop this.

05:02Imagine the number of plastic that we've been able to gather today.

05:06Like there are more than this.

05:07So inside the fish there, you can still see a lot of them.

05:09This is a big challenge.

05:10Don't you think?

05:11We even cast some, which, which fools the canoe.

05:16And we even hire another canoe so that we just pull it back to the shore.

05:20It's killing the sea.

05:21First of all, some of the fishes, if they are angry, they see anything shining like this.

05:25They just consume it.

05:26You're right.

05:27Then they will die.

05:28Just look at this.

05:29Plastic.

05:30Just imagine that.

05:31Okay.

05:32So how much are they going to send this one like this now?

05:33Half a day.

05:34This one will cost like 300 CDs.

05:35This one will go for 300 CDs, right?

05:36300 CDs.

05:37Wow.

05:38That's much.

05:39Wow.

05:40Very nice.

05:41We've worked so hard, man.

05:42Yeah.

05:43All right, guys.

05:44Let's see.

05:45Let's see.

05:46Let's see.

05:47Let's see.

05:48Let's see.

05:49Let's see.

05:50Let's see.

05:51Let's see.

05:52Let's see.

05:53Let's see.

05:54Let's see.

05:55Let's see.

05:56Let's see.

05:57Let's see.

05:58Yeah.

05:59All right, guys.

06:00Thank you very much.

06:02In Gan, we say,

06:03Hoi Waladong.

06:04Hoi Waladong.

06:05Hoi Waladong.

06:06Hoi Waladong.

06:07Guys, I'm sure you guys are enjoying this episode of my awesome.

06:12Now, I want to ask you, which awesome would you like me to try out next?

06:16Please, put your comment below.

06:19And keep watching DW The 77%.

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