> it's likely poverty and subsistence living that's driving adoption of this 'technique'

From the article:

> While understudied, the incentives for the use of dangerous dynamite fishing are often falsely attributed solely to poverty and desperation.

> The cost barrier to buying boats, bombs, and detonators means it’s more likely a practice for middle-income fishers, according to experts.

How big of a boat do you think you need to scoop up some fish?

None of those things cost a lot of money and the return on investment for just affording a single bomb pays for itself almost immediately.

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