Somalia Fisheries Forum | Oct 24-26,2017
Along with Shuraako, and the Puntland Ministry of Fisheries, Secure Fisheries is hosting The Somalia Fisheries Forum 2017 (SFF 2017). The forum will serve as a platform for dialogue and collaboration...
View ArticleSomali Regional Member States Reach Agreement on Licensing Foreign Fishing...
At a meeting in Victoria, Seychelles, ministers from the Somali federal government and Regional Member States came to a preliminary agreement on licensing foreign fishing vessels operating in the...
View ArticleIUU FISHING AROUND THE WORLD IMPACTS U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing must be recognized as an important component of U.S. national security. Kaija Hurlburt, Director of Secure Fisheries, spoke to a workshop at the...
View ArticleSOMALILAND INVESTMENT FORUM ATTRACTS OVER 300 SOMALI ENTREPRENEURS,...
Shuraako, a program of One Earth Future, hosted its third Investment Forum in Hargeisa, Somaliland. Business leaders, international donors, NGOs, and government officials came together for three days...
View ArticleClimate, Fisheries, and Community Resilience in Somalia
Global environmental change – including anthropogenic climate change, natural climate events like the El Niño Southern Oscillation, and desertification – will be felt most acutely in communities that...
View ArticleSomali Fisheries Urgently Need Better Data
New research shows official reports of fish catch in the waters around Somalia and Somaliland significantly underestimate true catch. A new study by Secure Fisheries’ Sarah Glaser and Paige Roberts, in...
View ArticleInaugural Forum Nets Commitments To Strengthening Somali Fisheries
Garowe, Somalia – Hundreds of Somali fishers, entrepreneurs, investors, and policy makers gathered in Puntland recently to promote sustainable development of the Somali fishery sector. The event was...
View ArticleComputer-Based Mapping Promotes Ocean Science and Protection
Researchers from a host of disciplines converged in Redlands, CA at Esri headquarters for a forum about the topic that unites them: ocean mapping. The Esri Ocean GIS Forum showcased a broad array of...
View ArticleHow Free Satellite Imagery Can Teach Us About Data-Poor Fisheries
Once upon a time, analysis of satellite imagery required highly specialized technical skills, a computer with massive processing capabilities, and lots of time and money. Today, satellite companies are...
View ArticleSupporting Coastal Communities on World Fisheries Day
On November 21, fishing communities around the world celebrate World Fisheries Day, established 20 years ago by the World Fisheries Forum. World Fisheries Day highlights the centrality of fisheries to...
View ArticleSomalia Signs the Jeddah Amendment and Takes Significant Step Forward To...
by Kelsey Soeth, Oceans Beyond PiracyOn 1 December, Somalia became the most recent state to improve security of their maritime territory by becoming a signatory to the Jeddah Amendment to the Djibouti...
View ArticleNew Fisheries Conflict Research Consortium Launched to Stop the Fish Wars
One Earth Future's Secure Fisheries program today announced the creation of the Fisheries Conflict Research Consortium (FCRC) to investigate the causes and consequences of fisheries conflict and answer...
View ArticleSecure Fisheries Joins Marine Science Students At City University Of Mogadishu
These days, being 9,090 miles away is no longer a barrier to knowledge sharing and education. Dr. Jamal Hassan, Chair of the Marine Sciences Department at City University of Mogadishu, invited Dr....
View ArticleGlobal Investments are Building a Local Fishing Economy
As the early morning sun glints off the sea, a vibrant mixture of fresh fish is unloaded from a bright white, brand new boat into coolers of ice. The fish is taken to a workstation where a woman...
View ArticleSecure Fisheries Partners with City University Mogadishu
One Earth Future’s Secure Fisheries program today announced a new partnership with City University (CU) in Mogadishu to support the next generation of Somali fishers and fisheries policy makers. The...
View ArticleSecure Fisheries Partners with City University Mogadishu
One Earth Future’s Secure Fisheries program today announced a new partnership with City University (CU) in Mogadishu to support the next generation of Somali fishers and fisheries policy makers. The...
View ArticleSomalia Fisheries Forum
The 2017 Somalia Fisheries Forum in Garowe, Puntland served as a platform for dialogue and collaboration about sustainable progress in Somalia’s fishing sector. Hosted by One Earth Future’s Secure...
View ArticleProject Kalluun : Collecting Somali Catch Data
Project Kalluun is a partnership between One Earth Future’s Secure Fisheries program, students and faculty of City University in Mogadishu, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, and the Somali...
View ArticleInvesting in Sustainable Fisheries in Somali Waters
by Ciera VillegasThe Somali marine ecosystem is rich in a diversity of living resources. These resources provide a suite of investment opportunities to international donors interested in improving food...
View ArticleUsing GIS to Identify Somali Coastal Development Opportunities
Secure Fisheries’ Paige Roberts presented her report, Somali Coastal Development Opportunities, at the 21st Annual Society for Conservation GIS Conference in Monterey, California. The Conference...
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