Freetown — Every year at this time, fishing becomes more difficult for fishermen at Mu wharf.

In the dry season, there are fewer fish and more people trying to catch them.

Gibrilla Sesay, chairman of the Mu wharf fishing union said "we are facing lots of difficulties at this point in time. This is how it normally happens during the dry season. I have been in fishing for over five years now. I have two children. Sometimes I go to the sea at 2:30 am so that I can return very early to do my business," he said.

Sesay said fishing was very risky and going to the sea was also not an easy task.

Gibrilla Mansaray, a young fisherman who has been fishing for more than seven years said, "I have been in this business after I dropped out of primary school over five years ago. This business is not a living vocation."

He said fishermen only get paid when they catch fish.

Fatmata Banguara, a fish monger said: "I normally buy and sell fish caught from the Mu Wharf. But business is slow now."

She said she has five children but only one is going to school.