So we've talked about how climate change can mess with food supply,
but conflict can to Farmers flee. Ports, get cut off
and bombs can devastate the utilities, that irrigate land, and keep the water clean.
That's exactly what happened in Iraq.
And it's changing how people get the key ingredient in their national dish.
For thousands of years.
These marshes have provided the people of Southern Iraq with fish.
Lots and lots of fish.
Carp has been the favorite here,
going back all the way to when this area was part of Babylonia.
It is grilled and seasoned to make Miss goof, which is now known as Iraq.
National dish,
Decades of War Invasion and political instability have devastated.
The country's waterways.
But fishes place in Iraq e culture is as strong as ever.
What has changed is how people get it.
We are in the Tobias, marshes
heading out some fishermen who use electricity to catch their fish.
It's an illegal form of fishing, but it's one way for people to make money.
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Some would call them comes to the marshes five times a week for electrofishing
and Method. His father taught him,
that helps him to quickly catch large amounts of fish at once.
Electro fishing is illegal in most countries including Iraq
because it can destroy ecosystems and already fragile fish. Populations.
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a behind her is a fisherman and a tour guide he grew up in the marshes,
watched them changed and in the 90s mourn their loss.
That's when then president Saddam Hussein drain the marshes,
the Middle East, largest Wetlands as a military strategy to control his opposition
water, return to the marshes in 2003, but it wasn't the same.
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trying to match him
with soapy water, High, natural or tracer.
Pollution has made losing fish or at least one safe enough to eat
a very real and looming threat,
but for now fishes savored,
especially when it comes to me as goof and preparation is taken very seriously.
We are like, okay, it eventually.
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the water from the marshes flows, South to Basra Iraq fish capital.
The quality of water here. Got so bad.
That in 2018,
more than 100,000 people were hospitalized
with symptoms related to contaminated water.
Widespread protests broke out against what people believe caused the crisis,
government negligence and Corruption.
The situation did little to change bus rides reputation for fish,
but restaurants have had to adjust.
Bella mashhadi is one of the city's most popular spots and specializes
in men's golf.
We usually bring the fish and everyday is fresh.
This is actually a raised by in pond. It's not really from the river, you know,
they've turned away from Wolcott fish in favor of those raised on farms,
which many owners see us safer and more dependable.
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How important is most goof to Iraq? Pince-nez
group has really specific importance to be frank with you.
It has special taste,
you know, like even the the time they spend one day grow the fish,
it gives value to the dish. So people loves it.
All the factors that threaten the country's fish are not going away anytime soon.
but in some ways they've made fish, more appreciated,
a way to feel connected to what Iraq is and has been.