Two men stand on the right bank of the river Syr Darya
A sand and salt storm in the town of Aral on the Aral Sea
A guide and fisherman is standing on a shipwreck on the coast of the Aral Sea
A bottle lies in the oil on the site of the former ship repair yard with the raindrops on the surface
A boy and a girl sit with a dog in front of a house in the fishing village Akespe
A woman with a bucket in her hand walks past a car trailer loaded with a fishing boat
A fisherman attaches a fishing boat to a car trailer
Fishermen unload their catch
A fisherman comes home from work with his dog
Fishermen unload their catch
Fishermen load fishing nets into their cars
Fishermen get fish out of the nets
Fishermen go fishing with their boats
Three boys walk on the promenade of the river Syr Darya
Two motorbikes ride in front of a mosque late in the evening in the fishing village Bogen
A gate in front of the village Karashalan at the Aral Sea with a picture of a fish and the waves
Children play in the sand in the fishing village of Akespe
Children play in the sand in the fishing village of Akespe
A woman and her son take asparagus from the earth in their yard to replant the plant
A young man embraces his mother in the fishing village Bogen
A fisherman recovers after work in his car
Fishermen change for fishing at the coast of the Aral Sea
Two fishermen are sitting in their boat
Two fishermen get nets out of the water
A fisherman hands over a knife to another fisherman
A fisherman from the fishing village Bogen takes a break in his boat
Fishermen bring their boats to the coast
A fisherman takes a big fish out of the net
A fisherman lies on a sack of fish in his boat
A young fisherman takes a break in front of a boat with a bag of fish on it
A fisherman weighs the catch
A fisherman is standing in his fishing boat
A fisherman goes from his boat to his car through the reeds
A fisherman takes care of the usbekian national dish Plow
A fishing is eating at a table in their tent
A fisherman stands on a trailer and makes a phone call
An old woman standing in a village shop in the fishing village Bogen with a baby in a sling
A street scene late in the evening in the fishing village Bogen
Women sort out fish from the Aral Sea in a fish processing factory
A fisherman makes an anchor out of a rope and a stone
Fish dry by the sun on a ramp in front of the fish processing factory
A fish seller takes out a fish at the fish market
A fish seller calls her fish stand at the market in the town of Aral
A boy is riding a bicycle on a road from Aral
A statue from the Soviet era lies on the ground on the site of the former ship repair yard.
Children play with the dogs in the centre of Aral
A boy standing with a puppy on a road from Aral
A woman walks on a road from Aral
A man walks on a platform in Aral
A waitress on a train takes an order
Fishermen sit in a boat at Kamystybas Lake, also called Kambash, near the Aral Sea

A documentary report from Kazakhstan about the fishermen of the Aral Sea. Hasn´t the Aral Sea just dried up? Hasn´t it been a symbol of an ecological disaster? For many years long this has been the case but its rescue turns out to be successful. After a dam was built on the river Syr Darya, the lake continues to grow. Water returns and fish and people and work and last not least hope. Hasn´t it been a symbol of an ecological disaster? For many years long this has been the case but its rescue turns out to be successful. The sea continues to grow. Water returns and fish and people and work and last not least hope.