Marais Masay
Fishermen at Marais Masay
The Marais Masay is a former swamp which has been transformed to collect the discharge of dirty water from the surrounding areas and companies. It is so obvious that fishing at this marsh is forbidden. Poverty makes people breaking the law. As you can see on the pic, people are still fishing there. I heard that they take those fishes and put them in a clean pool for a week and then sell them in some markets far from Marais Masay.
Now, there is a project, sponsored by Ile de France, to clean the water of Marais Masay. Since it is hard to follow and to punish the fishermen, cleaning the marsh can be a good solution. And frankly speaking, I love this project. I am not good at technical details, and since there was noone there to answer my questions, I only took pics so enjoy them 😀
The name of this project is Vetiver Float – “Flotteur de Vétiver”. Vetiver is the name of the grass. This float is used to hold garbage and to purify the water so eating fishes from Marais Masay will be safer in a near future.
I am so sorry, contacted by the genius guy who is the source of this project, I have been asked to take off some photos. Thanks for your understanding.
DagoTiako 
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May 25, 2009 at 8:36 am
Tahina
I didn’t hear about that project 🙂 still it will be weird to eat fishes from there lool since you know what kind of water it is about even if it has been cleaned lol
May 26, 2009 at 5:13 am
ariniaina
You’re right Tahina. But at least people may not care much where does the fish come from when the water will be cleaned. Anyway!!!
June 21, 2009 at 12:07 am
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August 4, 2009 at 10:31 am
Yoann
Bonjour,
je suis la personne à l’origine de ce projet et je vous remercie de diffuser quelques explications qui ont tout leur sens, car c’est dans cette démarche qu’a été réalisé ce projet. Je souhaite entrer en contact avec vous (au moins par e-mail plantation.bemasoandro@yahoo.fr ) afin de vous donner de plus amples renseignements, mais aussi pour clarifier quelles sont les photos qui peuvent ou ne peuvent pas être diffusées. Vous verrez sur les panneaux explicatifs au jardin Masay mon logo La Plantation Bemasoandro.