“There are snapper here,” says Yannis Psakis with a dry laugh, pointing to the shoreline as his wooden fishing boat approaches a remote beach on the Greek island of Amorgos. He’s not referring to the fish in the Aegean but the latest haul: plastic bottles, discarded shoes and even fridges.
“The first time we went out to clean, I couldn’t even see the beach through the garbage,” he says. “I felt desperate.”
Like much of the Mediterranean, those fishing in the waters around Amorgos have seen steep declines in fish stocks over the past decade, afflicted by warming waters, overfishing and marine degradation.
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