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Ban on trawler fishing

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    An annual suspension of trawler fishing along Mauritania's coasts, initiated in 1993 to allow over-exploited species to regenerate, entered into effect on Thursday, PANA reported an official source in Nouakchott as saying. The suspension coincides each year with the September-October spawning season.

    Mauritania's waters are considered among the world's richest in fish.

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