A fisheries observer disappeared at sea. His family still waits for answers

He was sent to sea to watch others. To count the fish, record their fate, and make sure no one took more than they should. The job was meant to be routine: clipboard, samples, and a small bunk on a ship. Instead, it was perilous. Two years ago, somewhere off Ghana’s coast, the watcher disappeared. He was last seen aboard the Marine 707, a Ghana-flagged tuna vessel owned by World Marine Company Ltd. The crew said he had been there the night before, sleeping upright in a chair. In the morning he was gone. Six weeks later, a body missing its head, forearms, and feet washed ashore near Anyamam, his home village. The family recognized the shirt and a scar on the chest. The police took the body and promised a DNA test. Since then, they have said nothing. The watcher’s name was Samuel Abayateye,