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Fisheries Documentation in Mauritania (Photos & Videos) 

Fisheries Documentation in Mauritania (Photos & Videos) 

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11/03/2007 
Greenpeace visits Mauritania to campaign against the arrival and establishment of the Dutch shellfish industry and its plans of exploitation of the Mauritanian waters. In January 2005 the Dutch Government banned cockle dredging in the Wadden Sea, as one of the measures taken around the world against the destructive practices used by bottom trawl fisheries. After the ban the Ministry of LNV (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, including Fisheries) has financed part of a test fishery in Mauritanian waters, conducted by the Dutch Institute for Fisheries, IMARES, on behalf of the company Holland Shellfish. In addition to that the Dutch Parliament referred to compensation funds paid to the companies that could not longer fish in the Wadden Sea as a “start-up” subsidy for transferring their operations in Mauritania. The species of shellfish which companies plan to target in Mauritania is the Venus shellfish. Their banks seem to play a key role in creating the unique conditions for the sea grass beds. The impacts of their exploitation in the pristine Mauritanian shellfish banks will likely far outstrip even the damage done in the Wadden Sea. The establishment of a shellfish dredging fishery would have unpredictable negative effects on the marine ecosystem and would farther decimate a marine environment that has already been crippled by years of industrial fishing by European fleets, and ultimately will most likely also completely destroy the local small-scale fisheries that still exist in the area. Not surprisingly, the prospect of Holland Shellfish’s arrival is not being welcomed by many Mauritanians. 
01 November, 2007 
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Banc d'Arguin National Park
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01 November, 2007 
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Daniel Pauly Soundbite 
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01 November, 2007 
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Desert and indigenous peoples
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Diagne Ahmed Soundbite 
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Mauritania 
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03 November, 2007 
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Nouakchott Beach Fishers 
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01 November, 2007 
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Nouadhibou Fishing Dock 
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01 November, 2007 
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Nouadhibou Fishing Dock 
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Sid' Ahmed Soundbites 
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Theunis Piersma Soundbite
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07 November, 2007 
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Trawling vessels 
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01 November, 2007 
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Underwater footage of cockle bank and octopus 
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Fisheries Minister and Farah Obaidullah in Mauritania
13 November, 2007 
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Fisheries Minister and Farah Obaidullah in Mauritania 
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Environment Minister and Farah Obaidullah in Mauritania
13 November, 2007 
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Environment Minister and Farah Obaidullah in Mauritania 
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Fishing Community in Mauritania
11 November, 2007 
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Fishing Community in Mauritania 
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Fishing Community in Mauritania
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Fishing Community in Mauritania 
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Local Fishermen with Greenpeace Banner in Mauritania
11 November, 2007 
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Local Fishermen with Greenpeace Banner in Mauritania 
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Local Fishermen with Greenpeace Banner in Mauritania
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Local Fishermen with Greenpeace Banner in Mauritania 
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Local Fisherman with Greenpeace Banner in Mauritania
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Local Fisherman with Greenpeace Banner in Mauritania 
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Fishing Boat at Sunset in Mauritania
11 November, 2007 
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Fishing Boat at Sunset in Mauritania 
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Farah Obaidullah in Mauritania
11 November, 2007 
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Farah Obaidullah in Mauritania 
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Underwater Banner in Mauritania
10 November, 2007 
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Underwater Banner in Mauritania 
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Underwater Banner in Mauritania
10 November, 2007 
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Underwater Banner in Mauritania 
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Fish Drying in a Village in Mauritania
09 November, 2007 
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Fish Drying in a Village in Mauritania 
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Fish Drying in a Village in Mauritania
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Fish Drying in a Village in Mauritania 
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