Somali pirates reduce illegal tuna haul( $ 6billion a year).

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BBC one minute world news

 

 

 

Somali piracy 'reduces tuna haul'

 

 

The coast of Somalia is rich source of tuna from August to November

Piracy off Somalia's coast is a cause of falls in tuna catches in the Indian Ocean - one of the world's richest sources of the fish, experts say.

The head of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, Alejandro Anganuzzi, said catches fell by about 30% last year, seriously affecting the industry.

The Seychelles economy has been badly hit as many foreign fishing fleets are based there.

The reduced supply because of piracy has also driven up the price of tuna.

Ship seizures

The Indian Ocean tuna industry is said to be worth up to $6bn.

Last year Somali pirates took 42 commercial ships with crews hostage, according to the International Maritime Bureau, including the biggest oil supertanker ever captured.

A number of countries began naval patrols off East Africa and in the Gulf of Aden to try to combat the attacks.

With the threat still present, fishing fleets have had to move further east from the Somali coast, Mr Anganuzzi told Reuters news agency.

About 40% of Seychelles's foreign earnings come from tuna and related industries, the IOTC said.

French and Spanish fleets based in Seychelles caught only 50% of their expected catch.

The fleets usually catch nearly two-thirds of the year's haul off Somalia between August and November, he said.

Seychelles is paid per tonne of fish landed for port facilities and reduced catches mean fewer calls to port.

"The pirates' biggest impact, however, is reduced supply, driving prices up," the head of the Seychelles Fisheries Authority, Rondolph Payet, told Reuters.

 

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[burahadeer]

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[Ilka-dahable]

faroole did good job

[NASSIR]

Part of it is illegal but not the whole.

[Che -Guevara]

Kudos to Somalia's navy:D

[Qandalawi]

Well, we have always said that the world trawlers were robbing and stealing our resources and that the pirates were partly fair in demanding their share of the loot and the robbery. Defending their resources with stylish retaliatory stunts that left the world in shock and disbelief.

[uchi]

Well done Pirates~ you have made me proud once again.

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Saanaa la rabaa. Daqligeena 18 sano iyo ka badan la iska daldalanaaye. Baddaas kaliya qeyraadka ku jiro Soomaali nuskeeda ka masruufan karto.

[Libaax-Sankataabte]

The complaints of the mafia government of Seychelles which set-up these fishing bases for the European bandits makes me laugh. Indho adaygaa bal fiiriya.

[Mukulaalow]

Guys don't jump into conclusion, while there is an issue to be addressed such as illegal trawlers and toxic dumping, that doesn't make piracy an option. don't be deluded by the $6b lost by the big powers, look at the loss of Somali businesses as a result of high insurance. Many ships are refusing to transport goods to Somalia due to high risk, resulting added cost of food, energy and other goods. So its your people who are the main sufferers. Piracy is not the answer, supporting our institutions like local and national administrations is the long term solution.

[Naxar Nugaaleed]

Whenever anyone brings up anything to do with Somali, the topic of Somali pirates comes up. On the one hand, they have helped the marine life of the East African coast. But on there other, they have dragged the Somali name in the mud. Am sure there is a sensible way of protecting Somali waters without criminality. Hopefully, those coast guards being train now can eliminate both evils.

[Mukulaalow]

On the one hand, they have helped the marine life of the East African coast. But on there other, they have dragged the Somali name in the mud.

its un believable the damage done to Somali people's name & pride, ask any somali child in the west and they will tell you they have been bullied at school of being pirates or starving people. Marine life can be repaired, but being known as a thuggish nation is irreversible.

[uchi]

Give me a break, if anything it brought attention to Somalia~ Nobody knew where Somalia was before the pirates.

[Mukulaalow]

Give me a break, if anything it brought attention to Somalia~ Nobody knew where Somalia was before the pirates.

so your ultimate goal is attention hah. your dragging your name on the mud for the sake of 5 mins fame. come on. I don't want an attention linked to high seas hijacking and ransom demanding. That is xaraam according to Islam.waa jid gooyo, islaamkuna ma ogola in jidka loo fariisto dadka.