Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Fishermen-on-the-Yangtze-River-27MZIFLMGP2S.htmlConceptually similarFishmonger in Jiangsu ProvinceGP02080Completed★★★★Fishermen on Yangtze RiverGP02081Completed★★★★Fishermen on Yangtze RiverGP02084Completed★★★★Fishermen on Yangtze RiverGP020C6Completed★★★★Fishermen on the Yangtze RiverGP0208DCompleted★★★★Woman in Jiangsu ProvinceGP0208HCompleted★★★★★★Woman in Jiangsu ProvinceGP0208FCompleted★★★★Factories in Jiangsu ProvinceGP020BYCompleted★★★★★★★Fisherman on Yangtze RiverGP02082Completed★★★★★★★View AllGP020BXFishermen on the Yangtze RiverZhang Xuekuang went saury fishing for four days in the Yangtze river. He spent RMB 150 on diesel, but didn’t catch a single fish – he wishes he stayed home instead. The production of saury fish is lower than previous years, possibly as a result of toxic waste water discharged in the river by the surrounding industries.Locations:Asia-China-Jiangsu-Taicang-Yanglingang-Yangtze RiverDate:17 Mar, 2010Credit:© Lu Guang / GreenpeaceMaximum size:5616px X 3744pxKeywords:Back lit-Chemical industry-Children-Families-Fishers-Indoors-KWCI (GPI)-Poverty-River pollution-Three people-Toxics (campaign title)Shoot:Taicang Cancer Village on Yangtze RiverFifty families of fishermen live in Yanglingang village, in the Jiangsu province. They fish for their livelihood and have drunk water from the Yangtze for decades. In the last few years, however, the river has been significantly polluted, and thefishermen noticed that the water has a strange flavor. Since 2003, factory construction has erupted all around Yanglingang. Today the little fishing village is surrounded by power plants, paper-making factories, and chemical plants. Greenpeace together with photographer Lu Guang documented the life and death of this community living "under the pipe". The water that flows beneath the fishing boats is the same wastewater discharged from the factories, and the air that fishermen breathe is the same acrid, metallic air polluted by the factories.The problem worsens in winter, when the water level of the river falls, but wastewater discharge does not decline. The fishermen often suffer stomachaches, diarrhea, and other diseases. This January, the village head Xu Jiabao suffered from the same kind of gastro-intestinal disorders. The fishermen have gone to the local government and nearby industrial parks several times to report the pollution and request the installation of tap water for the village, yet years have passed with no action being taken.Related Collections:Taicang Cancer Village on Yangtze River (Photos & Video)