An Egyptian man wearing a white cap and dark sportswear crouches over large granite breakwater boulders at the waterfront in Ras El Bar, Damietta, with a green fishing rod resting against the rocks. The calm blue Mediterranean or Nile delta waters are visible in the background, reflecting a typical everyday fishing scene along Egypt's northern coast. Recreational and subsistence shore fishing from rocky breakwaters is a common practice in coastal Egyptian towns such as Ras El Bar, where the Nile meets the Mediterranean Sea.