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tv   Reporter  Deutsche Welle  August 5, 2019 7:02am-7:16am CEST

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his goal is to make the fish trade better fresher more sustainable fare that's the concept behind the business to buy. more with official be in frankfurt and the day after that restaurant guests will be able to enjoy fish from . the international competition is fierce will the senegalese fisherman be able to maintain his high standards. in about bias hands or empty as he visits one of his customers today. business has been slow lately.
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i've been expecting you know why haven't you been coming over. or why it's been here in my own bed i'm always in berlin. why didn't you bring any fish rice i'm very sorry about that business has been difficult lately. everyone knows him as moma today he brings bad news since he hasn't been receiving enough orders he will have to hold deliveries with the time being. it's just not worth it orders of around 400 kilograms to make a profit. but remember won't give up hope. he's sure he can get enough. looking for more customers with high orders but will manage. to sell them. ships to go. i wish you all the best thank you. it is dark isn't there always here if you have more fish.
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then this part supports him wholeheartedly she assist him whenever she can and firmly believes in his business idea. together the couple came up with a plan to win a major customer. with a little luck they might soon reel in a really big fish. may try one of germany's largest grocery chains has expressed interest. it's great to be in touch with a huge store like metro. row. now we have to make sure where well prepared for. but 1st
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moment needs to prove that his product is up to par with the high standards metro sets for hygiene. visit. they want evidence of the company in senegal and his to hygiene regulations and that all staff is trained regularly you know standards i know. and they want to see what the hygiene standards are like. everything being disinfected regularly. how often is everything cleaned i need if they want to see a schedule. can we manage that. well let's draw the plans 1st and then we'll know. the bureaucracy alone is a huge challenge without it to support the flood of papers would be sheer unmanageable. and day to day life beyond obscure bureaucratic formulations and germany's obsession with certificates members content living in germany but even after 10 years he doesn't quite feel at home.
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senegal is still my own my mother and father my brothers and sisters everybody lives there and i will always miss senegal. and i wish i could visit every 2 or 3 months. yeah it would that's what we want. and their wish does indeed come true much sooner than expected just a few weeks later moments on his way to the car metro has placed a trial order they want to see the quality of his fish. to make sure everything runs perfectly burma wants to go there to support his brother adama who manages the business in senegal. the next morning he's at the port of a small seaside town south of the car this is where the pirogue small traditional boats set out to catch fish for my best company to be uppish today the boss himself is also on board. small shrimp is hooked to spate members fishes don't use nets
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they stick to fishing lines it's more work to catch fish this way but it's also more sustainable and that's really important to moma. in on line a better. way i don't know because they want to squash the net. then the idea is there's 2 years old he's been looking for to be a pest with 3 years it's finally given him a prospect in life. to go and then be like i've already tried to go to europe twice and each time i failed it was you know. she was limited in my. father and my father left me as perhaps someone i could you know. now that i work for to passion i've been able to afford an outboard engine and even buy a 2nd perot. in the. business is going well.
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in the late afternoon the fishes return to port with a catch as soon as they reach dry land they have to hurry average temperatures here are around 40 degrees celsius making it quite a challenge to maintain the cooling chain the fish isn't deep frozen but it needs to stay under 2 degrees to meet metro's quality standards. the 1st stop the fish make on their long trip to germany. this company was also impacted by the slow business were to bypass the manager hopes things pick up from a soon. to cash is important to our business. right now they make up a quarter of our fresh fish export. just imagine losing 25 percent of your turnover . the feel good. that has major consequences. well up in starts with
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having to let go of workers here in senegal losing your job causes huge problems having to layoff multiple people has a deep impact on the community. in senegal almost half the population is unemployed young people in particular often set out for europe in hope of a better future. i want my business to give young people in senegal a chance to work. more slowly don't have to migrate to europe and can stay and support their families it is similar. if western african countries could manage to set up their own sustainable fishery they would be able to create up to $300000.00 jobs. but so far they mostly sell their fishing licenses to the e.u. to china or to other countries. with their huge strollers and fishing nets these
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then quickly stifle smaller local competition. unlike other colleagues in their field fishers working for to be a pest don't need to worry about their future on average they're in about 20 percent move if they learned the metro deal that security will stay at least for another few months and if. i. right now the company supports about 20 families that's 20 families that don't need to worry about leaving senegal. something. around. the steady income that fishes like bumba can bring home to their families provide stability and opportunities. for. the. it's
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plain to them that we won a new client and. the business grows. be able to grow with us. it. was. just wonderful news. for me for my parents and for my entire family. my we're going to do everything we can to make sure the business keeps running. that evening momo brings home the remaining fish that couldn't be loaded onto the plane to germany in time for. them assistance up road if they brother the successful businessman. i do
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there's no moves ever since he founded to about pass the family has been much better off than we used to like so many things now we have everything in a food and electricity and if things go on like this we hope we can renovate our house next year we're so proud of momo mining and i'm not. just like every visit saying that bali is the hardest part. but business comes 1st. the 1st delivery went well but no no no wants to oversee the 2nd delivery being dispatched in fact that it's 4 in the morning at metro's fresh fish near frankfurt airport from here the kids are distributed throughout the country. mohammad. is the quality manager here only the best products pass his watchful eye. it looks good and it smells just as. that's the most important this is the 2nd box it's the same here it's no problem that some
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fish are bigger and some are smaller the quality is what matters and in this case it's good. if modest and i like it when the fish looks so fresh and lovely and doesn't cause any trouble and the customer always likes being served nice fresh fish right to speak on the other. end of the 1st delivery from senegal was a success. of us is so. i'm so glad i did speak to the quality. of it. the very 1st delivery made a good impression. and i'm going to make an effort to keep things that way you suze . in here. they've passed the 1st hurdle metro's happy with the quality of the fish from now on moma is to deliver
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fresh fish to frankfurt twice a week in total up to one tonne his expectations were to have heads have become reality fishing can be sustainable and fair. you're going to one official estimates more than 1200000 venezuelans have in colombia legally and illegally. already. returned to vast whaler. to visit friends i don't think i'd ever go back there to live you know what i live there again i don't know so i'm not sure. banning witness global news that matters. made for mines robots they're still in the development
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