Abdi, Samira Aden and Wario, Halkano (2025) Turkey throws Somalia a lifeline to catch illegal fishers.
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A long-term maritime agreement could boost Somalia’s naval capacity to curb illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. Somalia loses around US$300 million annually to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in its vast waters. Boasting Africa’s longest coastline – approximately 3 333 km along the northern Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden – the country’s seas are highly lucrative for both legal and illegal fishing operations. Weak governance, political instability and lack of effective law enforcement aggravate the illegal fishing problem. To address this, Türkiye and Somalia signed a memorandum of understanding in February 2024, establishing the Turkish Armed Forces as a partner in Somalia’s maritime security and law enforcement for the next 10 years. Most illegal fishing in Somalia is carried out by foreign fishing vessels from countries like China, Iran, South Korea, Taiwan, Spain and other European nations. A Mogadishu-based researcher who requested anonymity said operators of some foreign vessels illegally obtained fishing licences. ‘There is no way for the government to know how much fish has been taken as they rarely report back,’ he said. ‘They process the fish and export to international markets.’
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Turkey, Somalia, Illegal Fisheries, Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU), Fishing Vessels, Coastal Waters, Capacity Building, Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), Institute for Security Studies (ISS) |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Sep 2025 10:36 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Sep 2025 10:36 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/22494 |
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