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14. Godfreys career
change was part of
a larger trend.
Gillnetting has
fallen out of favor,
and nowadays,
fewer than 100
licensed gillnetters
remain in Belize.
In fact, less than
3% of commercial
fishers in Belize
use gillnets, and
some Belizean
fishers have been
backing a gillnet
ban for more than
20 years.