What has become of Mauritania's fishermen fifteen years after the authorities signed an agreement with China?

What has become of Mauritania's fishermen fifteen years after the authorities signed an agreement with China?

Unchecked industrial fishing practices have severely depleted coastal waters in West AfricaOriginally published on Global VoicesWomen wading out with baskets to meet a fishing boat in the shallows, to buy the fresh fish at Port de Pêche, or Fishermen's Beach, in Nouakchott, the capital city of Mauritania. Image from Wikipedia Attribution 2.0 Generic This article was submitted as part of the Global Voices Climate Justice fellowship, which pairs j…