Secure Fisheries Blog

• Jubaland Explores Critical Community Benefits from Co-Management

  Jan 26, 2022

  

  Secure Fisheries Project Manager Jamal Hassan visited the Kismayo area of Somalia in December 2021 to discuss the potential for cooperative management with communities and government officials.

• Connecting a Sustainable Planet to Sustainable Peace

  Nov 10, 2021

  

  As we work to create a sustainable planet, we must equally prioritize sustainable peace. Our work in Somali fishing communities has shed light on ways science and natural resource conservation come together to reduce conflict and build community and environmental resilience. 

• Coastal Catch Up: Progress on Project Kalluun

  Sep 07, 2021

  

  Secure Fisheries' Project Kalluun, a partnership with four Somali universities and Somali fisheries ministries, aims to enhance fisheries data collection throughout the region and train the next generation of Somali marine scientists. As participants in the project, students gain training from Secure Fisheries and hands-on experience conducting routine catch data collection at their local landing site.

• Building Community

  Mar 30, 2021

  

  Community work involves more than physical presence and specialized expertise. Join Oregon State University graduate student, Ashley Peiffer, in exploring what it means to build meaningful relationships that inspire community-led projects and how research with Secure Fisheries illuminates both personal and ideological levels in engaging community support. 

• Secure Fisheries 2020 Year in Review

  Mar 11, 2021

  

  Secure Fisheries is taking a look back at the challenges, adaptations, and accomplishments during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

• The Power of Partnership: Future of Fish + One Earth Future

  Dec 28, 2020

  

  by Paige Roberts, Anisa Salat, Marah Hardt When it comes to tackling the social and environmental issues of our time, no one organization has all the expertise and capacity needed to solve these complex challenges alone. But together, we can move mountains—or, in the case of fisheries, turn the tide.

• COVID Challenges Leading to Innovation in the Somali Fishing Sector

  Oct 27, 2020

  

  “When COVID-19 came and the fish market disappeared, it was as if our lives also stopped. The only source of livelihood I had known for years ceased..."

• Haweenka Soomaaliyeed ee Soo Hooyay Macaash

  Sep 02, 2020

  

  Waxa qoray Laura Burroughs iyo Mustafa Mohamoud 

• Somali Women Netting a Profit

  Sep 02, 2020

  

  Nets are crucial to fishing - so training and promoting women in net-making and mending in local fishing communities. Secure Fisheries follows up with two women who attended a net-making workshop in Bander Beyla.

• Hoggaaminta Xog Ururin Kalluumaysi oo Soomaaliya Anficidoonta Mustaqbalka

  Aug 18, 2020

  

  by Laura Burroughs and Jamal Hassan

• Pioneering Fishing Data for Somali Futures

  Jul 08, 2020

  

  by Laura Burroughs and Jamal Hassan

• From Suppliers to Scapegoats: Yemeni Fishers In Somali Waters At The Height Of Piracy

  May 11, 2020 in Fisheries Conflict

  

  Fisheries conflict in Somali waters has impacted people from dozens of countries, but no foreigner has been as involved and affected as the Yemeni fisher. From 2006 to 2010, the spiraling consequences of overfished and unmanaged Somali fisheries resources spread into Yemen’s waters, putting its domestic fishers at risk of attack from pirates and warships, alike.

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