J Al Romaithi, a fisherman, is filmed at Marawah Island for a documentary about the state of the UAE's fisheries and what is being done to help them recover. Courtesy Environment Agency Abu Dhabi
J Al Romaithi, a fisherman, is filmed at Marawah Island for a documentary about the state of the UAE's fisheries and what is being done to help them recover. Courtesy Environment Agency Abu Dhabi

Environment

'The fish are gone': new film laments decline of treasured hammour

Once considered king among Gulf fish, the diminishing numbers of hammour is brought into sharp focus in an Environment Agency documentary

Anna Zacharias

October 17, 2019