The fishing boats slowly pull into the bustling dock in northern Mumbai on India’s west coast, carrying a fresh catch after spending hours at sea trying to net as many fish as possible. Those waiting on the shore look on anxiously.
Members of Mumbai’s Koli community, who have been fishing these waters for generations, have been struggling to deal with an increasingly unfamiliar and volatile Arabian Sea, where warming temperatures are producing more frequent extreme cyclone events, disrupting fish habitats and marine ecosystems along the way.
On the dock, Prema Baliram Koli, 50, stood surveying with dismay the 14 crates her helpers
