Opinions & Insights

Featured Articles

Empowering Unity: Bulahar Cooperative Fishing Community Journey from Challenges to Success

In an inspiring success story, a narrative of resilience and collective community effort, the Bulahar cooperative Fishing Community has refurbished its destiny with the support of the secure Fisheries Program by One Earth Future.

October 02,2023

Reviving Hope Through Skill: A Tale of Community Transformation

In the heart of the Bulahar fishing community, a transformation was underway, fueled by the determination of individuals like Khalid Hassan. Khalid's journey from a community member to a skilled mechanic unfolded, marking a turning point for his community and their relationship with the sea.

August 24,2023

Coastal Catch Up: Progress on Project Kalluun

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.

September 07,2021

Opinions & Insights

Filter Content

Showing 105 items for Opinion and Insights

October 27, 2020

COVID Challenges Leading to Innovation in the Somali Fishing Sector

“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..."

September 02, 2020

Somali Women Netting a Profit

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.

September 02, 2020

Haweenka Soomaaliyeed ee Soo Hooyay Macaash

Sawirada kalluumaysatada Soomaaliyeed ayaa inta badan muujiya iyaga oo biyaha kasoo jiidaya shabaga kalluunka kuna ridaya doomahooda.

August 18, 2020

Hoggaaminta Xog Ururin Kalluumaysi oo Soomaaliya Anficidoonta Mustaqbalka

Siddeed iyo toban qof oo Soomaali ah, oo isugu jira shaqaale Wasaaradaha Kalluumaysiga (heer Federaal iyo heer Dowlad Gobboleed) iyo xog ururiyayaal iyaga la shaqeeya, ayaa hoggaaminaya mashruuc xog ururin ah oo kalluumeysiga ah - waana kii ugu horreeyay ee noociisa ah tan iyo dagaalkii sokeeye ee w...

July 08, 2020

Pioneering Fishing Data for Somali Futures

Eighteen Somali fisheries officers and data enumerators are leading a pioneering fisheries data collection project - the first since the country’s civil war.

May 11, 2020

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

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 dome...

December 17, 2019

Shifting Strategies for a Changing World: Six Takeaways from the UN-FAO International Symposium on Fisheries Sustainability

Small-scale fisheries are having a large impact on fisheries policies around the world.

September 09, 2019

Trick or Treat: Brexit is a Halloween Horror Story for Europe’s Fisheries

Brexit almost guarantees fisheries conflict between EU countries and the UK. This blog explores past tensions and future possibilities in the region's fisheries management.

June 12, 2019

Fish and Bullets: Engagements Between the Philippine Military and Lake Lanao Fishing Communities During The 2017 Marawi Siege

During the five-month siege of Marawi City in the southern Philippines, security actors also engaged with nearby fishing villages in Lake Lanao to facilitate a security response.