RABO DE PEIXE, Portugal: Too many boats and fewer fish. Making ends meet has never been harder for the fishermen of Sao Miguel in the Azores, yet from father to son they continue to fish.

“This is how I was brought up, it’s a miserable life, but I love it,” said 47-year-old Jose Vieira, shirtless and a cigarette hanging out his mouth as he folded away his nets, helped by son Paulo Miguel, who’d just turned 12.

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