Strange picture in Nouadhibou
 

Thousands of wooden pinasses clustered round the jetties, like crystals on a string.
No way there are that many fishermen in NDB, are there?

Link to G Maps

Neither is there any wood to built these from... . coool pic

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Yes these are indeed locals fishing boats. Here is a photo from a couple of years ago:

https://i.ibb.co/4TxymqC/Nouadhibou-Boats.jpg

The Chinese fishing industry is muscling in heavily at Nouadhibou, below is an article on it

https://www.voanews.com/africa/ocean...plunder-africa

Another article: Plusieurs milliers d’embarcations de pêche artisanale bloquées à quai

Seems warming waters have seen fish move northwards towards NBD, the Senegalese came with their boats, due to huge demand from China, then Mauritania banned them, leaving their boats.

I read elsewhere that the Chinese were clearing the many shipwrecks from the bay - so they could get in and set up their fish factories.

Number of boats for some reason have grown quite a bithttps://images-global.nhst.tech/imag...5dc73225fa3db5

But Nouadhibou is where ships go to die
https://yacht-express.net/wp-content...e2fd2403ef.jpg