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Imraguen people are the only ones authorized to fish in the Banc d'Arguin area, as long as they use their traditional fishing techniques. The number of fishes caught for each species is limited and strongly reinforced by the Mauritanian authorities. In 2004, the Imraguen people agreed to preserve
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Imraguen people blame the new oil and gas explorations around the Banc d'Arguin area, along with a new road adjacent to the area, as the main factors for the reduction of fish reproduction in the area.
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the shark and ray species in the Banc d'Arguin
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76:Berber orthography
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786:Ivory Coast
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761:Bobo people
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402:(in French)
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947:Dan people
834:Wan people
809:Goo people
804:Dan people
592:Toucouleur
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318:References
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183:Mauritania
100:status of
44:Mauritania
359:Panda.org
342:, page 50
272:Glottolog
265:(retired)
255:ISO 639-3
169:Imeraguen
70:The name
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650:Bedouins
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567:Mandinka
557:Jakhanke
552:Imraguen
527:Bedouins
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162:Language
133:La Güera
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60:Atlantic
32:Imraguen
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939:Liberia
685:Sahrawi
675:Iraguen
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660:Haratin
655:Berbers
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307:of the
305:Muslims
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145:mullets
139:Fishing
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189:Region
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735:Benin
670:Horma
597:Wolof
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562:Kunta
309:Sunni
118:Zawia
110:horma
106:taxed
102:Znaga
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