Lionfish

MONGABAY: PRINT & VIDEO

PUNTA UVA, Costa Rica — Every morning, just after dawn, small-scale fishers Ettel Lattouche and Rafael Hernández head to the beach with their fishing gear to eke out a living. Together, the couple venture deep into the ocean off Punta Uva, a small town on Costa Rica’s southern Caribbean coast, and hope to return with some catch.

“Fishing is our lifestyle, our way of life,” said Hernández, a father of two.

Yet the couple operates in the shadow of the law…

Role: Co-director, Producer and Editor

Produced and co-directed in collaboration with Linus Unah