Many experts say that it started as an armed uprising of local fishermen against the aggressive presence of foreign trawlers in Somalia’s territorial waters, which was depriving the community of ...

A long-term maritime agreement could boost Somalia’s naval capacity to curb illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

A long-term maritime agreement could boost Somalia’s naval capacity to curb illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Suspected Somali pirates have fled a Yemeni fishing boat they seized off the Horn of Africa and operated for five days, authorites said Monday. In a statement ...

Omar recounted how their overcrowded boat began to capsize early in the morning, with many distress calls going unheeded.

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 ...

A fishing community’s anger gave birth to Somali piracy Going back to the 1990s, the agony of the local fishing community over unregulated commercial trawling was a catalyst for the rise of piracy.