Robertsport is one of four coastal towns in Liberia that are home to the nation’s 33,000 local fishermen. But they have experienced threats from large trawlers. At a meeting in Robertsport earlier this month, fisherman Jackson Weah spoke of the dangers. ‘We are getting hassle. Foreign trawlers come across us at night, disturbing the catch and we can lose our nets. We have torches, so they see us, but they don’t care’