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Where fishers could once catch fish to sell or feed their families, the water is now filled with runoff sediment from mining activities, and no fish are to be found. The crystal blue waters that once surrounded Kabaena are murky brown now, and the octopi and colorful fish that locals used to catch nearby to eat and sell have fled.

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