Local Mauritanian and Senegalese fishermen bring in the days harvest near the capital of Nouakchott in Mauritania. West Africa
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Ami Vitale / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
A160F8File size:
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1929 x 2412 px | 32.7 x 40.8 cm | 12.9 x 16.1 inches | 150dpiDate taken:
30 December 2001More information:
Local Mauritanian and Senegalese fishermen bring in the days harvest near the capital of Nouakchott in Mauritania. West Africa has suffered massive overfishing by foreign fishing fleets with local small fishing boats forced to fish further and further out to sea or to concentrate their activities in sensitive coastal areas. In the last 45 years foreign vessels caught an estimated 80 percent of the fish taken from West African waters. The coastal nations took home the remaining 20 percent. And their share may get smaller. (Photo by Ami Vitale)