 The abortion initiative and two other election initiatives are expected to qualify for the November ballot. SRN News. An ecological disaster in Brazil having a devastating impact on fishermen. Along the Piracicaba River in southeastern Brazil, fisherman Alan Bellucci paddles among a carpet of floating fish corpses on the surface. Since the incident, Bellucci has found it hard to make endless meets. I used to fish for a living. The only money that we can make is from fishing.