Mauritania's Ancient Fishing Culture Faces Collapse

For centuries, the Imraguen people of Mauritania have fished using wind-powered boats and traditional methods. They live in harmony with the rich waters of the Banc d’Arguin. Now, that way of life is under threat. Climate change is altering fish populations. Overfishing by large industrial vessels depletes the sea. At the same time, younger generations are losing ancestral knowledge of the craft. Together, these forces endanger not just the Imraguen’s livelihoods, but a unique cultural heritage that has survived for hundreds of years.