9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So we've talked about how climate[br]change can mess with food supply, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 but conflict can to Farmers[br]flee. Ports, get cut off 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and bombs can devastate the utilities, that[br]irrigate land, and keep the water clean. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 That's exactly what happened in Iraq. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And it's changing how people get the[br]key ingredient in their national dish. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 For thousands of years. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 These marshes have provided the[br]people of Southern Iraq with fish. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Lots and lots of fish. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Carp has been the favorite here, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 going back all the way to when[br]this area was part of Babylonia. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 It is grilled and seasoned to make[br]Miss goof, which is now known as Iraq. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 National dish, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Decades of War Invasion and political[br]instability have devastated. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 The country's waterways. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 But fishes place in Iraq e[br]culture is as strong as ever. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 What has changed is how people get it. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 We are in the Tobias, marshes 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 heading out some fishermen who use[br]electricity to catch their fish. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 It's an illegal form of fishing, but[br]it's one way for people to make money. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Hard, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 hard, hard. Marble my pool house. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 No, we're good. Sensitive logical of, huh? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Some would call them comes to the marshes[br]five times a week for electrofishing 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and Method. His father taught him, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 that helps him to quickly catch[br]large amounts of fish at once. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Electro fishing is illegal in[br]most countries including Iraq 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 because it can destroy ecosystems and[br]already fragile fish. Populations. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Shinhwa estimate units in 1770, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 mostly shot ago, which was a shaman. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 A lot of them. I know how. We're[br]sure. I'm at happy New Year in smoke 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 or we could do like she know,[br]how do you mock my show tomorrow? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Well, how did she[br]charge? It could send him 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 a behind her is a fisherman and a[br]tour guide he grew up in the marshes, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 watched them changed and in[br]the 90s mourn their loss. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 That's when then president[br]Saddam Hussein drain the marshes, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 the Middle East, largest Wetlands as a[br]military strategy to control his opposition 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 water, return to the marshes in[br]2003, but it wasn't the same. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Lincoln has you can imagine bother, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 trying to match him 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 with soapy water, High, natural or tracer. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Pollution has made losing fish or[br]at least one safe enough to eat 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 a very real and looming threat, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 but for now fishes savored, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 especially when it comes to me as goof[br]and preparation is taken very seriously. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 We are like, okay, it eventually. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Are the summation horn player kulish? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Did you get that left arm high simcha[br]and am government? It does where I am. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I am. I am someone, you know, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 the water from the marshes flows,[br]South to Basra Iraq fish capital. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 The quality of water here. Got so bad. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 That in 2018, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 more than 100,000 people were hospitalized 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 with symptoms related[br]to contaminated water. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Widespread protests broke out against[br]what people believe caused the crisis, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 government negligence and Corruption. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 The situation did little to change[br]bus rides reputation for fish, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 but restaurants have had to adjust. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Bella mashhadi is one of the city's[br]most popular spots and specializes 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 in men's golf. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 We usually bring the fish[br]and everyday is fresh. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 This is actually a raised by in pond.[br]It's not really from the river, you know, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 they've turned away from Wolcott fish[br]in favor of those raised on farms, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 which many owners see us[br]safer and more dependable. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 I thought if I tell you girls let's go. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Beyond the Sileo manage a chromium[br]Drama Camp simcha to schooi Allah 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and money in 17. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 How important is most[br]goof to Iraq? Pince-nez 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 group has really specific[br]importance to be frank with you. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 It has special taste, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 you know, like even the the time[br]they spend one day grow the fish, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 it gives value to the[br]dish. So people loves it. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 All the factors that threaten the country's[br]fish are not going away anytime soon. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 but in some ways they've[br]made fish, more appreciated, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 a way to feel connected to[br]what Iraq is and has been.