Fisheries in Yemen Half of the Fish Production is Exported to 50 Countries Around the World

2021/9/1 www.sawt-alamal.net صحيفة اجتماعية- تنموية- شاملة- مستقلة )نصف شهرية( تصدر عن مين إنفورميشن سنتر للبحوث واإلعالم Dihamri a Marine Reserve and a العدد توزع 16 15 ًمجانا صفحة Biosphere Museum in Socotra Role of the Fisheries Authority in the Conservation of Fisheries Landing Centers... their Challenges and Importance in the Fisheries Sector Legislation Governing and Sponsors Fisheries The Fisheries Sector - A Central Role in the Development Process Two of the 80 Ships that Violated Yemeni Waters were Detained, Violated Fishing Boundaries in Yemen in 2021 Fish Industries in Yemen… Between Reality and Ambition Problems Affecting Fishermen, Violations, Pollution, Budgeting and Solutions of the Concerned Authorities Women did not Find Enough Support to Work in the Fishing Profession

Yemen is one of the Arab countries which littoral a long coastal be self-sufficient in its various types of fish. allows catching more than 350-400 thousand tons annually with- Editorial strip. The coastal strip of Yemen is approximately 2500 km along The exporting of this food wealth makes the development of out affecting the stock; However, the size of what is fished is still the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden in the south and the Red Sea fisheries among the strategic solutions available to modify the limited, especially in the recent period, and the participation of Fish in the north. Yemen is characterized by an important geographical deficit in the balance of fish food exchange and contribute to -im this sector in the GDP is also still limited due to the low volume location in terms of climatic and environmental diversity. Its di- proving the food security situation, as the fish sector is one of the of fish production resulting from the lack of using modern means Resources versity in terrain; mountainous, sands, and wadis. Its rich water. Its most important sectors of the Yemeni economy due to the quality of fishing operations. Moreover the presence of some reasons and site has been prepared for the existence of a suitable environment of fish wealth in Yemen, where fish is exported to more than 40 obstacles that led to poor production, most of which are attribut- for fishes and marine life. The abundance of fish wealth is only a Arab, European, and Asian countries. The best types are export- ed to the fact that the fishing methods used in Yemen in general result of Yemen’s strategic center that Allah has blessed Yemen ed such as: shrimp, squid, and various fresh fishes. The share of are still primitive, and the fishermen are generally unable to own with. Its location, which has marine natural borders with Oman the fish sector in the GDP ranges between (1-2%). The fish sector boats equipped for modern fishing tasks on the Yemeni shores, in in the Arabian Sea to the end of its borders with Saudi Arabia in is a main source of protein, and the citizen’s share of production the territorial waters and the marine economic zones of Yemen. the Red Sea. reaches (8) kilograms per year, but this share does not reach a third Therefore, the task of establishing a developed fishing industry is The marine waters are distributed over nine governorates, six of the quota recommended by the World Health Organization for based mainly on the shoulders of the state and the investing com- of which are on the coasts of Aden Gulf and the Arabian Sea, and each person per year, which is (25) kilograms... panies that suffer from a large deficit in this field. Another reason three on the Red Sea, along with 163 Yemeni islands. All these The increase demand to meet the need for population growth for the poor production is that the Yemeni coastal population lacks islands have favorable conditions for the growth and reproduction and to improve the food balance, which is a source of income for support, encouragement, education, and community awareness of various types of marine life. But the governorates of Yemen a large proportion of the society in villages and residential com- programs to organize and develop the marine sector, this is also a complain of a deficit in the balance of fish exports in international munities, where most of the poor sector of the population live role that the state and private investments must play in accordance Ahmed Al-Wahesh trade between it and the countries of the world, with its ability to along the coasts and islands of Yemen. Although, the fish stock with sound scientific plans...... Continuation on page 2 02 Reports Issue No (15) - 1 / 9 / 2021 A Central Role of the Fisheries Sector in the Development Process sector in Yemen has a very large economic importance. It is one of According to the book “An Overview of the the sectors that have a role in im- Development of the Fisheries Sector in the Re- proving the country’s local GDP, public of Yemen in 2014 provided by the Min- and it is the national backbone for the national economy. In the past, istry of Fisheries” The General Commission the Ministry of Fisheries owned a for Research and Marine Sciences, which stat- marine fleet consisting of 23 fish- ed: “The total Yemeni fish stocks in the Gulf ing boats before 1990 AD, and of Aden and the Arabian Sea are estimated at the value of crack fish catching 420,000 tons of fishes. The types of fish reach revenues during the seventies and eighties amounted to more than more than 400 species. Muhammad Awad Allan (Undersecretary of Engineer Nasser Abdullah Al-Nassi 90 million dollars, this sector sup- the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries for the (Head of the General Authority for Fish- According to the book “An Overview of the plied the state budget in the first Planning and Fisheries Projects Sector) eries in the Gulf of Aden) Development of the Fisheries Sector in the Re- place.” and the Investment Company for 937,827,40 dollars. This shows public of Yemen in 2014 provided by the Min- Eng. Nasser Abdullah Al-Nassi Sea Fishing. So, handing over the the size of the losses facing the istry of Fisheries” The General Commission (Head of the General Authority marketing process to the private private sector in Yemen due to for Fisheries in the Gulf of Aden, for Research and Marine Sciences, which stat- sector, which drained marine re- the conflict, where the value of Lahj, and Abyan talked about the sources without contributing to fish exports from January to Sep- ed: “The total Yemeni fish stocks in the Gulf stage of development in the sector increasing production and reve- tember 2014 amounted to about of Aden and the Arabian Sea are estimated at in the pre-nineties. He maintained nues. He added, “The fish sector $653,421,205. 420,000 tons of fishes. The types of fish reach “The fish sector was supplement- has suffered from the establish- more than 400 species. ing the currency with hard curren- ment of institutions that replace A National Strategy for the cy 86%, benefited from a study the state in managing the- pro Development of the Fisheries which revealed a paper about duction, marketing process and Sector fisheries in the interpretation in providing fish services. This has The Ministry of Fisheries, terms of quantity and quality; to resulted in a deterioration in the Planning Sector and Projects is- identify marine products that are general conditions of the sector.” sued the main directions of the allowed to be caught annually “Because of the unstable secu- national strategy for the devel- through means and methods. It rity conditions that the country opment of the fisheries sector in also helped in drawing up policies has been experiencing succes- May 2000, which included three and plans for the State to develop sive periods, it has resulted in the main axes: studies, research and its development programs. sinking of about 17 ships belong- optimal exploitation of fisheries Yemen has many species of ing to the fishing port. Currently, and coastal facilities and any fa- fish in Yemeni waters, and there the main work is going on with cilities, in order to participate in are different types of crustaceans the competent authorities to float improving the local production (coastal shrimp, depth shrimp, the ships and remove them from of the fish sector, and addressing depth cracks, scissors, rocky the port to a destination that will the weak relations of the fish sec- cracks), harpoon, (wildebeest, be determined by the Maritime tor with development partners In sharks with more than 20 species Affairs Authority,” Nasser said. the private and cooperative sec- in Yemeni waters, and various Al-Nassi “The Voice of Hope”. tor, and raising the effectiveness species of crustaceans (coast- Al-Nassi also indicated: The of scientific research in fisheries al shrimp, deep shrimp, deep amount of damage in the infra- management. shrimp, etc.) and mollusks as structure of the fisheries sector The strategy aims to improve (squid, sea cucumber). of the authority during the recent the economic fisheries situation, To preserve them, Allan af- periods was great, as the entire and to improve the beneficiaries firms: The state issued decisions fishing port. For example, two re- such as fishers, associations, regarding the opening and clos- frigerators on contains 2,000-ton investors, the local authorities ing of seasons for catching some and the other one contains 800- in the coastal governorates and types of fish such as squid and ton, the central ship maintenance the private sector Within an es- shrimp in Yemeni waters, accord- workshop, ice factories, marine timated time frame of 15 years ing to the movement of winds and products quality inspection lab- from (2011-2025 AD), the de- weaves of the sea. oratory, and warehouses were velopment stages of the sector damaged. The facility of landing are going, as the sub-objectives The Challenges centers in the districts of Al-Bu- of the strategy include the - fol raiqah, Al-Mualla, Lahj Al-Sahel lowing: In relation to the challenges and Abyan. The value of the dam- • Raising production quantities that caused overburdening the age exceeds one billion riyals. to 30% by the end of the 2025 a fisheries sector. Muhammad- Al The losses strategy year. lan confirmed that ‘’ after the According to a report from • Improved production value to nineties till now, one of the main (Security Information and Early 100% of the producer (traditional By : Manal Amin contributing as much as 3% of the book. challenges that overburn the ma- Expenditure Report, June 2020 fisherman). Sawt Al-Amal (Voice of Hope) the country’s GDP, and a major Muhammad Awad Allan (Un- rine fishing, is the entrance of the AD), exports of fish and marine • Increasing the quantity and source of employment and em- dersecretary of the Ministry of private sector into the ministry’s life through the Wadeah terri- the price of fish exports. ployment for Yemen after oil, Agriculture and Fisheries for affaires, through the formation torial access during the period • Covering the coasts’ needs for 90 million $ providing employment for 1.5% the Planning Sector and Fisher- of two companies, the Yemeni (January-September) of the year infrastructure for the fisheries -ac “ The fisheries sector was of the employed.” According to ies Projects) says: “The fisheries Company for Maritime Fishing, 2019 AD recorded an amount of tivities.

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Continuation From Frot Page aged to establish and adopt fish farming farms Yemeni government’s interest in the fish sector ing in an economic way, in addition to activating by traditional fishermen, enhancing the ability A gradual and sustainable approach will be in sites selected according to scientific studies as an urgent priority in its plans, policies, and the work of all fisheries authorities and the Agri- of the concerned authorities to impose strict reach by establishing factories that accompany and research to develop production and protect overall vision towards developing the national cultural Fishing Production Promotion Fund, im- marine control overfishing activity, and devel- this investment contains: factories for preserva- fish from pollution and epidemics, and to pro- economy, alleviating poverty, and achieving fish plementing, and activating regulations and laws oping an urgent plan to address the decline in tion, canning, refrigeration, and preparation for vide food and fertilizers for it. That facilities and food security. The fact that fisheries is a renew- to preserve fish wealth from tampering and solv- fish production by supporting improved fishing export. The government must establish a college privileges are provided, and modern means and able natural resource, and an important source of ing export problems by improving production boats instead of traditional boats, improving fish for marine sciences and research centers. The tools for fishing are improved using modern sci- the income. Yemeni nationalism needs attention, development, productivity, marketing and fish- landing centers and establishing sea brews and graduate qualitative specializations that meet the ence methods and the method of organization is as it is an economic resource. ing ports, in addition to activating and strength- tongues. And the fisheries of fish farming in an labor market’s need of fisheries experts and ma- improved in a way that is not only conserving Those responsible for this sector must work ening the role of institutions and bodies of scien- economic way, in addition to activating the work rine environmental scientists; To develop plans this wealth but also developing it qualitatively integrative to overcome the damage caused to tific research, fish guidance and quality control, of all fisheries authorities and the Agricultural for the development of this fisheries and to pro- and quantitatively by carrying out modern stud- the fisheries sector and fishermen because of the training, rehabilitation and community education and Fish Production Promotion Fund, imple- tect it from overfishing, pests, marine diseases, ies and research that make the fishery sector ongoing conflict, hurricanes, and recent tropical centers for fishermen, in addition to re-readiness menting and activating regulations and laws to and epidemics that kill millions of fish every an economically promising sector because fish depressions (2015-2020), which led to the de- of some fish facilities to ensure the continuation preserve fish wealth from tampering and solving year because of polluting sea waters and beach- farming is one of the solutions The occasion for struction of many fishermen’s boats and the -de of providing the necessary services necessary for export problems by improving production devel- es, and in order to strengthen its position locally a recovery in this sector is given to Yemen’s pos- struction of fish landing sites, in addition to the the traditional and commercial fishing fleet. opment, and for this to be achieved, it requires and regionally. session of a coastal strip and vast areas that are spread of the Corona virus pandemic, which halt- Those responsible for this sector must work the government to complete the infrastructure This responsibility rests entirely with the among the longest beaches in the Arab region, ed fish exports. All these factors require the work integrative to overcome the damage caused to of the fish sector and institutions productivity, government in the matter of protecting fisher- which represent 20% of the coasts. In addition of solutions and remedies for these problems and the fisheries sector and fishermen because of the marketing and fishing ports, in addition to acti- ies, developing this wealth, and monitoring in- to the fact that these beaches are characterized challenges faced by traditional fishermen, -en ongoing conflict, hurricanes, and recent tropical vating and strengthening the role of institutions dustrial companies that can destroy fish wealth by environmental diversity that makes them rich hancing the ability of the concerned authorities depressions (2015-2020), which led to the de- and bodies of scientific research, fish guidance by throwing their toxic waste or by practicing in the quality of different fish in terms of quanti- to impose strict marine control over the fishing struction of a large number of fishermen’s boats and quality control, training, rehabilitation and blasting and trawl fishing. To make optimal use ty and quality. About (400-450) fish and marine activity, and developing an urgent plan to address and the destruction of fish landing sites, in addi- community education centers for fishermen, in of this fish resources, which varies in terms of species and this requires the establishment of the decline in fish production by supporting im- tion to the spread of the Corona virus pandemic, addition to restoring the readiness of some fish surface fish and bottom fish, adequate capital refrigeration plants, canning and preservation. proved fishing boats instead of traditional boats, which halted fish exports. Abroad. All of these establishments to ensure the continuation of pro- investment should be requested in the fishing In addition to increasing the added value in the improving fish landing centers and establishing factors require the work of solutions and rem- viding the necessary services necessary for the sector. Even the private sector should be encour- fishing industry. This will be achieved bythe sea firth and strip. And the fisheries of fish -farm edies for these problems and challenges faced traditional and commercial fishing fleet. Issue No (15) - 1 / 9 / 2021 Economy 03

Despite of the Challenges, the fish Sector in Yemen is Gradually Improving Half of the Fish Production is Exported to 50 Countries Around the world Manal Amin - Samah Amlaq year 2020 a rate of about 85% of what squid, Filet-O-Fish, octopus, and fro- Sawt Al-Amal (Voice of Hope) it was before 2015”. Lahmar added “as zen coastal shrimp”. a result the challenges that the state has He stressed that the export process faced in the fisheries sector since 2015, takes place daily to Arab and foreign The fish sector in Yemen faces there are signs of a gradual recovery, countries, where daily reports are pre- many challenges and difficulties that especially with regard to the process of pared showing the name of the export- have a significant impact on the pro- local production and export abroad.” ing company, the date of shipment, the duction process and provide the state He explained to “Voice of Hope” that exported quantity, quality, the country treasury with hard currency that works the average annual production of Ye- of origin and the port of shipment (land to stabilize the country, developing men is about 230 thousand tons of or sea). it in various fields, in successive- pe fish and other marine life, with a value riods, and those challenges increased of 650 million dollars, and it exports Fouad Mahmoud Shaudhry Ghazi Lahmar Ahmed Aboud Saleh Treatments after 2015. about 110,000 tons annually, with an Director of Quality Department at the Undersecretary of the Ministry of General Manager Quality and “The shortage` of scientific research The continuation of the unstable sit- estimated value of 300 million dollars, General Authority for Fisheries in the Agriculture, Irrigation and Fisheries Technical Affairs At the Ministry of and the low production of knowledge uation in Yemen has led to a decrease as it is exported to more than 50 coun- Gulf of Aden for the production sector Agriculture and Fisheries regarding the size and health of fish in the local production of the fish sec- tries in the world. stocks in terms of commercial viabil- tor, and a loss in the value of export Ahmed Aboud Saleh. of the export process, the General has reached more than 40 companies ity, endangered species, coral reefs and revenues through the Shahn ports Export Quantity 2021 Abboud also mentioned to “Voice Director of Quality, Ahmed Aboud, nationwide, 32 companies and export others, are among the most important in Al-Mahra and Al-Wadi’ah in the In a report issued by the General of Hope”: that the Kingdom of Saudi explains: The process of exporting offices in Hadhramaut, and Aden 7 challenges facing the fish sector in north-east of Hadramout amounting to Authority for Fisheries in the Gulf of Arabia is the largest Arab market to Yemeni fish products to the countries companies and export offices, accord- Yemen.” This was confirmed by the millions of dollars. the state does not Aden (Aden, Lahj, Abyan) Quality which fresh Yemeni fish is exported, of the world is carried out according ing to Ahmed Abboud. National Fisheries Strategy 2012-2025 have fishing fleets at the present time. Control Department for the period through the Al-Wadi’a port, followed to the geographical scope of the four The Director of the Quality De- and the Ministry of Fisheries 2012. Therefore, the fishermen work on their from January to March 2021, stated: by the Sultanate of Oman through bodies specialized in fisheries at the partment at the Public Authority for Ghazi Lahmar indicates that the own boats or on boats they rent from “The total amount of fish and marine Shahen shipping port in Al-Mahra level of Yemen, namely (the Gener- Fisheries in the Gulf of Aden, Fouad ministry is working to overcome all the the private sector. This has led to a life exports to Arab, Asian, African Governorate. But the export of frozen al Authority For the Fisheries in the Mahmoud Shaudhry, said to “Voice difficulties facing the fisheries sector lack of production. According to a sci- and European countries amounted to fish is through seaports as (Aden Port Gulf of Aden “Aden, Lahj, Abyan”, of Hope”: “The authority has been by taking many measures that help re- entific study entitled: “The Impact of 1409196 kilograms, which included and Mukalla Port) to East Asia, South the Arabian Sea Authority “Hadh- supervising the process of exporting store the fishing sector to its full capac- the War in Yemen on Artisanal Fishing 1002792 frozen fish, 405000 frozen Africa and other countries. ramout, Shabwa and Socotra”, a body marine products to more than 15 com- ity. Then it contributes to supplying in the Red Sea,” Middle East Center squid, and 1404 crabs As stated in a report issued by the in Al-Mahra Governorate, and the panies specialized in the fish sector in the national economy with hard cur- at the London School of Economics The report also indicated that the General Authority for Fisheries in Red Sea Authority “Hodeidah, Taiz Aden during the past ten years; Four rency, by focusing on supporting fish- in 2018. total value of health certificate fees the Red Sea, the newspaper “Voice and Hajjah”). of them have European numbers for ermen with the necessary, modern, and for exporting fish and marine during of Hope” obtained a copy of it: that He added “the quality management following accurate health specifica- safe equipment in the fishing process. Efforts and Challenges the same period amounted to YR the quantity of exports of fish and in the bodies collects samples from tions, modern and advanced standards The Director General of Quality, A report issued by the Ministry of 1,031,3001. marine life for the months (January the frozen which produce and sends in the production and export process, Ahmed Aboud, also reviewed several Fisheries reviewed the stages of - de The report, which “Voice of to June 2021) amounted to 1837,455 them to the laboratory to obtain the fi- from the beginning of receiving raw treatments that contribute to the eco- velopment of the quantity and value Hope” newspaper obtained a copy kilograms of “ squid, shrimp, sea cu- nal results that confirm the validity of materials to storage and the shipping nomic revival of the fish sector. It is a of exports during the period from 2010 of, indicated that the local companies cumber, fish oil” with a total value of the fish products for human consump- unit. These products were constantly wasted national wealth. He stressed on to 2020. But the value of fish exports that exported during the same period YR 11414370. tion and export through the container exported to East Asian countries, Eu- the need to work hard to re-develop the decreased in 2020 to 228 million dol- included: Aden Gulf Fish Company The report also indicated: that the port or land ports, in light of the labo- rope, and South Africa. sector of fisheries by rehabilitating the lars, with a production volume of (Aden, Lahj, Abyan), Muammar Sea- value of production of fish and marine ratory report, the quality departments He added, “The difficult situation infrastructure of all fish landing centers 93346 tons of fish products, compared food Company in Aden and Aden Re- life in the Red Sea during the same pe- in the fisheries authorities issuance of that the country is going through has and yard sales in the coastal governor- to what it was in 2010, when the value frigeration and Service Stores in the riod amounted to YR 4,132,624,800, the health certificate within a period led to a disruption in the standards of ates, which is the first important point of exports reached $272 million with free zone. “The amount of exports of for a quantity of 3,744,582 kilograms ranging from 24 to 72 hours. Regard- the producing and exporting compa- for redevelopment, and activating the a production volume of 111,779 tons. fish products to the world during the of fish ( Kawakawa (Shiriwa),- Nar ing fresh fish, the laboratory examina- nies, leaving only the Gulf of Aden role of all participants (fisherman, sell- The Undersecretary of the Ministry of first six months of 2021 amounted to rowbarred spanish mackerel (Derak), tion process, due to European condi- Company, which still holds the- Eu er, forester, consumer, exporter) in the Agriculture, Irrigation and Fisheries about 46 thousand tons. It is expect- Sandbar shark (Lakham), Pinkear tions, takes place only through visual ropean number 21 at the level of Ye- fish value chain, and activating the role for the production sector, Ghazi Lah- ed that during the second half of this cmperor (Gahash) shrimp, squid, inspection (organoleptic inspection)”. men.” of maritime control and inspection to mar, indicated that “the fisheries sector year, the indicators will exceed more crab, cuttlefish, Indian mackerel(Ba- Shaudhry also explained “The reduce overfishing and tampering with began to recover with the severity of than 100 thousand tons.” This is ac- ga) and other species). 40 Operating Companies in Yemen total amount of fish and marine life fish stocks, and preparing a study to- es the difficulties that the country is going cording to the Director General of The number of investment compa- exports during the period from Jan- timate fish stocks, as it is a strategic through in various economic and secu- Quality and Technical Affairs at the Mechanism of Action nies and export offices currently oper- uary to December 2020 amounted to stock that secures the food security sit- rity aspects, as it achieved during the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Regarding the working mechanism ating in the fisheries sector in Yemen 5,119586.94 kilograms of frozen fish, uation for the population.

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The private sector plays a major role in the process of economic invest- ment in the fisheries sector in general. Also, it has had a significant share in supporting the national economy and achieving food security in the country, and the employment of labor that has suffered a lot under unemployment and poverty.

The Role of the Private Sector in Supporting Fisheries and Supplementing National Income

Haneen Al-Wahsh – Samah Amlaq Republic of Yemen Republic of Yemen Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Fisheries Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Fisheries Sawt Al-Amal (Voice of Hope) The General Authority for Fisheries in the Red Sea The General Authority for Fisheries in the Red Sea Statistics of fish and marine life production in the Red Sea during the period from January to June 2021 No. Months Notes Quantity and value of fish production and fish exports Types January February March April May June Total Dr. Mayal Al-Qaisi (Doctor of Strategic 1 Zainoop(long- 0 0 11,237 10,113,300 30,000 36,000,000 54,00 45,00,00 35,000 42,000,000 66,000 55,400,000 187,237 192,513,300 to the Red Sea for the year 2020, distributed according tail tuna) Planning for Fisheries Management and 2 Shiriwa(k- 0 0 5,620 3,372,000 12,0000 8,400,000 56,00 33,600,000 49,4000 29,400,000 00,000 44,000,000 210,620 116,772,000 to the months awakawa) 3 Derak( Narrowbarred 4,1100 10,250,300 4,515 19,260,000 18,500 92,500,000 400,000 220,000,000 21,000 84,000,000 25,000 100,000,000 113,414 526,010,000 Development and President of the Yemeni Spanish Mackerel) Fish Exporters Control and Inspection As- 4 Magla 0 0 0 0 9,000 31,500,000 24,000 96,000,000 0 0 13,200 39,600,000 46,200 167,100,000 No. Month Production The Export Export 5 Hamoor(Emperor Red Snapper) 0 0 3,650 9,925,000 24,000 96,000,000 0 0 14,000 42,000,000 47,400 142,200,000 89,250 263,525,000 sociation) confirms that the private sector 6 Lakham(Black 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 88,000 79,200,000 88,000 79,200,000 quantity production quantity value in reefvshark) makes a significant contribution to the de- kg value is riyals kg dollars 7 Gahsh( 14,1188 28,236,000 27,000 59,400,000 87,000 195,000,000 46,000 160,000,000 63,000 126,000,000 64,300 133,740,000 320,413 702,576,000 Longface velopment of the fisheries sector, as some 1 January 117656 166278900 341,916 772,981 emperor) 8 Baiad (Or- 12,942 7,765,200 44,800 35,840,000 96,000 86,400,000 120,000 120,000,000 140,000 126,000,000 506,000 404,800,000 919,742 780,805,200 investors have established ice factories, fish 2 February 160529 275873000 572,697 1,675,954 angespotted 3 March 541795 738914010 467,284 836,179 trevally) markets, packing factories and other sup- 9 Bagha(Indian 14,118 4,541,300 0 0 0 0 112,000 39,200,000 91,000 27,300,000 154,000 46,200,000 371,111 117,641,300 4 April 917966 864128600 359,836 902,070 Mackerel) portive services This vital and important 10 Kod (cod) 5,882 5,882,000 52,200 52,200,000 27,000 29,700,000 0 0 88,000 105,600,000 207,000 24,840,000 380,082 218,222,000 5 May 712453 789743900 320,592 701,480 11 Lakham (Sanbdar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 sector, which is a source of national income Shark) 6 June 2063793 1780520700 269,772 735,500 12 Harat (King 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 soldier for the Republic of Yemen. It is also an 7 July 4393997 7362436822 512,474 1,024,947 bream) 8 August 5492496 8570785631 431,542 1,108,655 13 Dareb (Talang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 operator for other sectors, and a source of queenfish) 9 September 5053097 7911687127 438,112 1,064,059 14 Gamberi 14,300 28,600,000 17,700 44,250,000 32,500 113,760,000 11,400 57,000,000 0 0 0 0 75,900 243,600,000 livelihood for thousands of working hands. (Shrimp) 10 October 3515197 5947356810 237,430 643,200 15 Habar(Squid) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 In addition to that, it is one of the factors 16 Abu-Maks(Cr- 700 560,000 0 0 0 0 4,800 3,360,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 November 2636397 4490874900 177,956 512,328 ab) helping to achieve food security for fish. 12 December 878799 1669718100 373,154 1,177,820 17 Other types 21,100 8,440,000 36,000 21,600,000 150,000 120,000,000 176,000 140,800,000 140,000 112,000,000 414,000 289,800,000 937,100 692,640,000 Total 87,260 94,674,500 203,222 255,660,300 477,000 809,250,000 653,200 914,960,000 641,000 694,300,000 1,682,600 1,363,780,000 3,744,582 Total 26484175 40568318500 4,472,765 11,105,173 amount Challenges Al-Qaisi told “Voice of Hope” that ‘’the facilities joining the category of unemploy- ed at 7,764,321 kg. tion during the year 2020 amounted to Fish Company and Arab Sea Products Ltd., fish sector suffers from many problems and ment and poverty after they were producers And in a report issued by the General Au- 2,6484,175 kilograms of various marine Al-Wadi Refrigerator for Trade, Arous Al- challenges that have affected the economic and contributors to the country’s national thority for Fisheries in the Red Sea (Hajjah, products, and that the value of production Bahr Fish Company, Yemen Fish Company, situation in the country and have recently product. Hodeidah and Taiz), between the amount of amounted to YR 40,56838,500, while the Al-Mukalla Fish Canning Factory, Al-Men- increased. So the fish sector has become a fish and marine life that were exported by amount of exports is 4,472,765 kilograms, hali Corporation for Fish and Al-Qurain for burden on the state and the national econo- Exporting Quantity and Productivity “Al-Jazeera Marine Resources Company, with a value of $ 11,105,173. Import and Export). my since 2000 to 2015, which pushed the The General Authority for Fisheries Roban Al-Behar for Import and Export of private sector during that period to fish in- in the Gulf of Aden indicated in a special Fish, Al-Qaisi for Fish, and Shati Al-Aamal The Private Sector and Fish Muammar Food Company vestment by opening more than 55 facilities report to “Voice of Hope” that the total Company for Products Marine, Golden Sea A report on the General Authority for Muammar Seafood Company, located in Yemen to prepare and freeze fish, which amount of exports from marine life during Marine Life Company, Zahi Export, Zong Fisheries in the Arabian Sea states that the in Aden, which specializes in preparing, included many workers who support their the year 2020 amounted to 5,119586.94 kg. Long Company, Al Azani, Sahte Amwaj the number of companies, offices and factories freezing, and storing seafood, is one of families, but due to the deteriorating condi- The quantity of exports of marine products Red Sea, and Muammar Seafood Compa- currently operating in the Arabian Sea has the most important companies specialized tions in the country, most of these facilities in the period from January to March of the ny” during the period from January to June exceeded 40 facilities, canning, and grind- in the fish sector. The rise in prices and closed their doors in front of workers. In year 2021 amounted to about 1409196 kg. 2021 amounted to 837,455 kilograms, with ing factories, export offices and places for the difficulty of obtaining raw materials in that time, the public sector closed its large As for the quantities of fish and aquatic a total value of 11414,370 riyals. drying fish. The most important companies the packaging process, and these problems facilities. There are ten refrigerators across organisms, the total production during the The special report of “Voice of Hope” and factories are (Broum Company for began since the beginning of the conflict. the country, this led to the workers in these same period in the year 2021, was estimat- indicated that the amount of fish produc- Fish, Al-Tamimi Company, Al-Bashayer We are currently seeking to develop radical Fishermen and Marine Life An Interview with a Specialized Media researcher: The Absence of Systematic Work and Optimal Investment to Preserve Fisheries work and thus a depletion of fishery wealth as a result - What are the factors that will help the private Fishery wealth is a sustainable wealth and one of the most important pillars of indiscriminate overfishing. The discussion on this sector and organizations invest in the Yemeni fish- to the country’s economy if it is invested properly. In Yemen, fishery resources matter is too long. eries sector? - Indiscriminate fishing threatens rare and en- Investment in Yemen needs scientific and thoughtful are still intact wealth that has not been exploited yet in the required manner to dangered fish species. Where is the role of- regu evaluation. Besides, it needs to conduct some research achieve a positive return to the state treasury, and necessarily on the life of the latory bodies in organizing and supervising such and studies about. Certain species will be invested for citizen. things? a specific period and then the fishing will stop in order At the present time, fishermen practice fishing in the for these species to multiply again, and upon stopping, In order to learn more about this national wealth, the “Voice of Hope” inter- sea day and night without supervision. The complete investment in other types of fish and other marine -or viewed Mr. Rashidi Mahmoud Rashidi (A journalist and researcher specializing absence of the state and the concerned authorities has ganisms will begin. made the fisherman a tool to exhaust and deplete the But unfortunately, there is a lack of awareness and in fishermen and marine life affairs in the Gulf of Aden, a contract employee in fishery wealth of his country. Official place- respon an absence of systematic work, not only in how to op- the Fisheries Guidance Department at the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and sibility of these threats to the current situation of the timally invest, but even in how to preserve the rest of Fisheries) to discuss the importance of the fishery sector in the country. country. the fisheries wealth, or let’s say marine wealth. The - So, what’s the solution? security situation is an important factor that may help There is only one solution if we are serious about invest in fisheries. Security and stability in the coun- Samah Emlaak- Sawt Al-Amal (Voice of Hope) life, including fisheries, traditional fishermen among solving the problem. We have to focus on organiza- try prompt foreign companies to come and invest. In others, there is no actual coordination by which we get tions. There are many of them support the fishermen such cases, these companies will bring along them informed about the annual production on regular basis, unthoughtfully. If we direct this support, according to modern and advanced tools and capabilities not only starting with the landing centers and what the fisher- real scientific studies, towards fishermen with what in the field of fisheries but in the field of investment - What is your assessment of the current situation men produce. they need, then perhaps we will find solutions to such as a whole. Moreover, such investments will provide of the fisheries sector in Yemen? This has created an actual absence, not only with disorganized work, indiscriminate fishing and endan- job opportunities for those who have experience and Undoubtly, fisheries sector constitutes one of the regard to fish production in terms of quantity and qual- gered fish species. knowledge in their various fields of specialization, in main pillars of supporting the country’s economy, but ity, but even with regard to the life and requirements of Hence, we have to reconsider and believe that effec- return, the financial and economic returns will be very lately - and unfortunately - this sector has suffered a lot the fishermen. Although it is responsible for the work tive integrated work will save us from these threats, great. due to absence of organized work. Despite the pres- and life of fishermen in the sea, the role of the govern- otherwise we will reach the stage of importing instead - What are the most prominent natural and human ence of more than one party responsible for marine ment is absent. There is no control over the fishermen’s of exporting as a result of the scarcity of fish. phenomena that pose a threat to Yemeni marine life? Issue No (15) - 1 / 9 / 2021 The File 05

solutions to contribute to the continuation of the production process. Muammar also confirms to “Voice of Hope” that there are no economic projects that contribute to reviving the fish sec- tor now, especially regarding fish farming in the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea, Dihamri Biosphere Museum in Socotra which negatively affects the fish stocks in the country. The reserve contains some types of Socotra Island is the largest of the Yemeni islands, with coral reefs estimated at 80 types of Broome Fish Company an estimated area of 3,650 square kilometers, according to corals, such as table reefs, branched Broome Fish Company in Hadhramaut reefs, solid and crust reefs, in addition is a national company engaged in catching, the Fisheries Investment Guide issued by the Ministry of to soft corals. preparing, packaging, marketing and ex- Fisheries in the year 2017. The island is one of the most The reserve is one of the four most porting fish and marine life. Ali Al-Hubai- important sites for crustacean species shi (the director of the company and head important marine reserves with the richest fishing areas. among the fifty sites in the group of of the Yemeni Fish Exporters Association) “Dihmeri reserve” is the most prominent nature reserve explains that the company relies on sound islands. The number of registered fishing methods that preserve the marine en- in Socotra, as it is characterized by enchanting natural species of sea crabs in the reserve is vironment in the Yemeni coasts, according beauty and marine and coral diversity.To know this re- 19. There are two types of cracks re- to the fishing laws established in the law on corded in the reserve, while the types the fish sector. serve, Voice of Hope had a special meeting with the direc- of algae are limited in the reserve and Nasim Mohamed Dehamari He stressed that the company is keen to tor of the reserve, Nasim Mohamed Dehamari. information about them is still few. apply internationally approved systems that contribute to the growth of the fisheries in- granite in the reserve, reaching a height Where is the importance of this dustry and the preservation of the environ- in the region. By: Alia Muhammad of about 40 m, above sea level, and reserve came from? ment and fisheries. Because the fresh and The reserve is important for many Are there problems facing the re- Voice of Hope from them the area took this name, as frozen fish are sold at the same quality for reasons. One of main reasons is that serve, and what are the best solutions Hamri means in the Socotra dialect: the local and foreign consumers, and that these species are found only on Socotra for that, tell us about that? red for dual and the singular of which the company depends in setting its prices Island. They are not found elsewhere, in The reserve faces a major problem First, tell us about the site of the is Hamer. on the consumer’s ability to reach 30 % less addition to the fact that fish are rare and which is related to visitors, throwing reserve? What distinguishes Dehmeri Re- than others market prices, so that everyone limited in the Socotra group of islands, their waste inside the reserve and do not Dihamri is in the north-east of So- serve from other nature reserves? can get fish, especially those with limited and the marine habitats in the reserve dispose of it safely, especially plastic, cotra Island, 23 km away from Hadibo, The reserve is characterized by its income. vary, unlike in the rest of the marine which negatively affects the reserve and the island’s capital. almost. The Dehmai attractive nature, the diversity of the reserves. distorts the general view. Therefore, we Causes of Prices Increase Marine Reserve includes Al-Ra’s Land surrounding coasts, in addition to the Dehmeri Reserve can be classified have developed several solutions that Muhammad Rabie (the owner of Al-Noor (Ra’s Dehmi), the coastal area and the great diversity of coral reefs. It contains into two ecoregions depending on the will contribute to solving this problem Grocery from Aden) says “The prices of lo- sea waters surrounding Ra’s Dehmari a huge amount of biological species depth that affects the formation of the by rehabilitating and training the local cal seafood products are constantly increas- to the east, north and west, and include found in land, coastal and underwa- vital marine environments: staff in the reserve, conducting clean-up ing as a result of their imposition by traders marine areas up to a depth of approxi- ter areas. Its soil is characterized by The first semi-coastal region (the -sub campaigns to remove plastic and solid on the pretext of the high cost of shipping, mately 300 metres. a grainy clay soil that is red-colored. merged region region), where the depth waste from the coasts, in addition to transportation and oil prices during the last When was Dehmere declared a na- Some of the small palm plantations near of this region reaches from the lowest creating guiding boards for visitors to ten years, resulting from the deterioration of ture reserve? the village of Dehmeri where palm trees point of the islands to a depth of 15 m. prevent the dumping of waste, and ob- the difficult conditions the country is going Dihamri was declared a nature re- have recently been planted. through, and the lack of control over mer- This region is characterized by a diverse ligate them to preserve the general aes- serve by Republican Decree No. (275) How many marine life and coral chants, which exacerbated a purchasing cri- cover of coral reefs that form directly thetic view of the reserve. for the year 2000 AD, as part of the plan reefs are estimated in the reserve? sis among citizens. on the rocks in the western part of Ras We call on the concerned authorities to divide Socotra Island and the other About 150 species of fish were - re Essam Al-Uzaibi (a fisherman from Dihamri. to provide a wooden floating bridge to group of islands into areas of nature corded in the reserve, which includes Aden) confirms that the main reason for the The second coastal region, and the protect the coral reefs from visitors, and conservation, areas of sustainable use 25% of the total fish found in Socotra, high prices of fish and marine products is coastal region extends from the- low to ensure the safety of the visitor and of resources and areas of development. and coral reefs contain most of these the depreciation of the national currency est point reached by the islands to the the safety of the coral reefs. The author- Why was “Dihamri” reserve given fish. The Dihamri Marine Reserve- in against the foreign currency, the high prices highest point reached by the tide, and in ities have to equip a boat with the en- this name? cludes about 16 types of sea crabs. Two of oil derivatives, and other purchases such this region, there is a diversity of hab- gine to protect and monitor the reserve as boats and fishing equipment, in addition It was called by this name because types of sea turtles, green and hawks- itats - a natural coastal ecological area from fishermen outside the area who are to the arrival of windy seasons in which there are two Rocky Mountains of red bill, were also recorded in the reserve. indiscriminately fishing in the reserve. fishing is very little. that supports many organisms that live Here, we hear Dr. Mayal Al-Qaisi (a doctor in strategic planning for the manage- ment and development of fisheries and the head of the Yemeni Fish Exporters Control and Inspection Association) say “The ab- sence of a comprehensive strategic vision for dealing with the fish sector in terms of its position in the general framework of the country’s national economy has led over the past years to the widespread practices of commercial and industrial fishing, tam- pering with this wealth, eroding pastures for fishing and destroying coral reefs, and then the migration of fish to other countries, and the exploitation of this national wealth by traders, which needs to implement that vision effectively. An Interview with a Specialized Media researcher: The Absence of Systematic Work and Optimal Investment to Preserve Fisheries Natural climate fluctuations, occurring in many lay eggs as they get caught before they spawn. All these the wealth of future generations. As long as he contin- countries of the world, threaten marine life in general, matters and problems deeply affect marine life. Rare ues in his unconscious indiscriminate overfishing, he including fish, oyster, lobster and others. The waters of and endangered fish species have not been recorded will pay a stiff price. the Gulf of Aden have begun to be affected by these cli- so far. We expected it to be recorded during the past It is also necessary to refer to the current danger matic changes; the seasonal winds in the Gulf of Aden years, but there is a clear absence of the roles of both posed by Safer tanker or the “floating tanker”. It is is southwest and northeast. These seasons of natural the Ministry of Fisheries and the Coast Guard, which considered the greatest threat to the environment of winds have strong repercussions on the marine- envi are authorized to do so. They must be firm in their -de the Red Sea. It is close to Hodeidah and the Ras Issa ronment in terms of changes in currents and thus wave cisions in order to close the season of fishing for breed- area. If the crude oil leaks, there will be no marine height. Climate changes, such as the high temperature, ing and mating. However, there is a serious problem if life in the Red Sea, and all coral reefs, Demersal and high water currents and the different low temperatures they succeed in doing so, the fishermen would starve to migratory fish will die in the Red Sea. We are talking in one bottom from another, have made the bottom cur- death. In order to preserve the rest of the fishery wealth about one million barrels of crude oil! A major ca- rents of the Gulf of Aden more intense. All these natu- and marine life in the Gulf of Aden, these matters need tastrophe! ral factors have changed the well- known climate of the well-studied economic and scientific solutions. This will not only harm Yemen; many countries waters of the Gulf of Aden that have been known as one - What are the appropriate solutions from your share the Red Sea, including Saudi Arabia, Egypt and of the most important fisheries in the world. The Gulf point of view? Eritrea. The Red Sea is like a strait or a channel, and is currently suffering from the scarcity of fish that were We are helpless in the face of natural matters and its waters are not wide. So, if stong currents occur, our previously available in large quantities. In addition, the can do nothing about. Yet, the state can do something oil-polluted waters may move to other countries. There number of fisheries have decreased; the number of fish- about fishermen and the increase in their number since are also about 600 fishermen living on the shores of the ermen have continued to increase; there is a great de- we have a lot of decisions and legal legislation from the Red Sea, so where do they get resources to live if they mand for fishing in the sea, which affected the presence Ministry of Fisheries about closing and opening certain lose them?! of fish. The the young fish are caught before the large, seasons for specific types of fish. For example, when - In the end, are there any recommendations you so there is no breeding, mating, or laying eggs. the Ministry issues a decision to close the squid fish- would like to offer in this regard? - What are the most salient endangered fish spe- ing season for a period of three months, it is necessary I recommend finding competent and trustworthy Mr. Rashidi Mahmoud Rashidi cies in the Gulf of Aden? during this period to secure livelihoods for fishermen to people at work. If we want to revive the fishery sector, (A journalist and researcher specializing There are many, such as the narrow-barred Spanish stop fishing. Unfortunately, we will not find any solu- we must assign tasks to those who are worthy of them, mackerel (Derak), Indian mackerel fish (Bagha), and tions to these threats in the absence of the state. not only in the field of fisheries, but in the areas of life in fishermen and marine life affairs in the types of Bagrus (Baiad). Fish no longer reproduce and The fisherman is the enemy of himself. He exhausts in general. Gulf of Aden Sawt 06 Issue No (15) - 1 / 9 / 2021 TheFile Voice of Hope

Squid Grouper Grouper Looking at Fish Markets in Yemen.. The General Situation and Citizens Awareness tor of the Public Authority for Fisher- Fish is one of the main sources that meet the needs of the in- ies in the Red Sea from Hodeidah city, dividual. In Yemen, the coastline is more than 2500 km long, ac- says “The fish market is going through cording to data published by the Ministry of Fisheries in 2012. a slow recovery, but it is better than it These areas are characterized by different types of fish, which was before, as it was not subject to any supervision from any party, neither for researchers estimated at more than 600 types of fish and marine hygiene in general nor for regulation of life. According to the Fisheries Investment Guide. It is issued by the stores.” the Ministry of Fisheries in the year 2017, a number of which are As for prices, Al-Jilani says “There distributed to the markets of the Yemeni governorates, which are is no specific price for fish, as sellers witnessing a large and continuous flow. On a tour by “Voice of are manipulating prices, but now the Hope” in the fish markets, the newspaper briefed the situation of General Authority for Fisheries in the Red Sea has managed to limit price the markets and heard the opinions of citizens and sellers. Their manipulation, and it has imposed on impressions of these markets and how much they evaluated them the fisherman to display the types of are revealed to the newspaper. fish he caught to the public auction arena, and from there Bidding takes By: Alia’a Mohammed the fish in pots on the ground, so they place and setting the price for each Sawt Al-Amal (Voice of Hope) remain uncovered for a long time with- type of fish, and of course there are out being covered”. types of fish that are expensive, such as Unsuitable Places narrowbarred spanish mackerel , and Poor Hygiene and Poor Storage Arwa Fadl who is a housewife from others that are cheap, such as Indian Aden explained that “most of the scat- mackerel (Baga). Aref Al-Shama’a, who is from Sa- tered fish markets operate in unquali- na’a, said “Sana’a markets receive fied places, and do not adhere to any Exorbitant Costs and Prices large quantities of fish coming from conditions or regulations. They also, Saeed Goodal says, “In the markets the coastal areas. It takes a long time do not conform to cleanliness and food of Hadhramaut Governorate, there are for these fish to reach them, up toa hygiene standards. In addition to the fantastic prices for fish, and it is diffi- whole day. The fish are stored for a absence of a supervisory role for fish cult for the poor citizen to buy them, en hours is now taking a long time to and Environment) explained that fish whole day in refrigerators to preserve sellers, so it is possible for rotten fish especially during the northern winds get there because of the length of the markets, like all other markets, must fish. Then, they are sold the next day, to be sold or mixed with fresh fish, but seasons that prevent fishermen from road.” meet all the environmental conditions due to the long time it takes to reach many do not realize that it has lost its entering the sea.” and health technical specifications He added, “There are different types Sana’a, it reaches them, spoiled or lost quality only after cooking it. Because Specifications and Standards that make them qualified to carry out its quality.” According to him, “It is of its bad smell and taste. of fish, there are excellent types, oth- Um Amr Ahmed who is a housewife their mission optimally. The first one well known that fish is one of the fast- “There is a great responsibility on ers are medium ones, and there are the from Aden, notes that there are several of these conditions is the location of est foods that spoils and needs a special the local authorities represented by the lowest quality ones, which are accept- signs that she relies on in her selection the market. It must be equipped with method of preservation.” cleanliness Fund and the Fisheries Au- ed by most people due to their lower of fish, starting with the color. Fresh an advanced air conditioning system to For his part, Sadiq Ali who is from thority to monitor and follow up on the prices compared to the prices of excel- fish should be bright red in color and maintain appropriate temperatures to Ibb confirms that “hygiene is lacking markets, and it is necessary to have a lent quality fish.” not brown, in addition to the smell maintain the quality of the fish during in the fish markets, in addition to the plan to improve the level of work of As for Hassan Al-Hadidi who is a through which you can make sure the handling stages. spread of unpleasant odors and the fish the fish markets and develop them in fish seller in Sana’a said “The cost of whether the fish is Edible or spoiled, He added “It is necessary to provide seller are indifference of the cleanli- terms of area and location,” according transporting fish from Hodeidah and with the peel, which should be non- cold rooms, storage, ice production ness of the place, saying: “We see fish to Saeed Goodal from Hadramout. the coastal area to Sana’a is very high. sticky. units, and other specifications that are waste scattered everywhere and - gath Their prices differed from what they In a special statement to “Voice of specialized to be applied by the com- erings of flies, in addition to the cha- Slow Recovery were before. The fish sector was great- Hope”, Mofeed Al-Halimi (Under- petent authorities, most notably the of- os, randomness and the lack of orga- Fouad Al-Jilani who is media direc- ly affected by the ongoing conflict, the secretary of the Ministry of Health fice of the Ministry of Fisheries.” nization of the stalls. Some sellers put trucks that were arriving in six or sev-

Most of the fish markets are operating in places that are not health. It does not com- ply with any conditions or regulations and does not conform to hygiene and food health stan- dards. Prtunus Penaeus Sawt Issue No (15) - 1 / 9 / 2021 07 Voice of Hope TheFile Yemen... Challenges Hindering the Fisheries Sector Fishermen were harmed...violations...pollution and budgeting...and the solutions of the concerned authorities

The sea is beautiful, with all its components of marine life and picturesque nature, and the nutritional and economic benefits that benefit the country and the citizen... Despite all these advantages, the fish sector in Yemen faces many challenges, which have multiplied with the recent conditions in the country. These conditions have increased Problems of fishermen, water damage by oil residues, chemical and environmental pollution, which is one of the most important challenges .facing fisheries

By: Rajaa Mukred - Haneen Al-Wahsh Ahmed confirms that many of his fishermen and livelihood source (the boats). There are the conservation of living marine resources. Sawt Al-Amal (Voice of Hope) acquaintances died as a result of the conflict, ships, which observe fishermen boats, if they Talking about the role of the center and solu- and their families became without a bread- catch fishermen, they hire them, confiscate tions to confront pollution, Abdul-Hakim said winner. So, many children began working in their property, make them work hard labor, and that the center develops programs to monitor Stopping Numbers the fishing profession, but the daily income is even trade them. pollutants in the marine environment, through According to the latest statistic obtained by low. Even the necessary fishing equipment is Regarding the solutions taken by the min- environmental monitoring of Yemeni beaches the ongoing “Voice of Hope” from the Director of Planning not available, which made many families, in- istry, Muhammad Abbas said “The situation and coasts. Identifying pollution levels and dif- and Statistics Sector at the Ministry of Fisher- cluding these families, migrate to Sana’a. After before the conflict was different, as there were ferent sources. conflict is one ies in Sana’a, Dr. Maryam Taher. The statistics the destruction of their only source of income field visits by observers on board the coastal He pointed out that these studies, proposals shows: The number of fishermen who lost their which is the boat. and commercial boats, to guard the territorial and treatments are aimed at how to preserve of the most sources of income, which reached more than Ismail Muhammad who is a fish dealer in waters. fish resources and their gathering areas along (37,388) fishermen, and the number of- com Hodeidah and the fishermen’s agent said “The He stressed that stopping the ongoing con- the Yemeni coast... Noting that to activate the important pletely destroyed boats in the coasts Hodeidah fishing situation differed with the conflict, and flict is one of the most important solutions to role of the center at present, there is a need to and Hajjah (224) boats. most of the fishermen. Despite the dangers of provide the fishermen’s needs, such as: com- pay attention and provide all support, whether solutions to The total cost of the boats destroyed by the fishing on the western coast of the governorate. pensating them for their destroyed boats, as in technical or scientific aspects by the state, conflict was $4,712,443. The number of boats Besides, the risk of death in order to support well as their homes, rehabilitating the marine for the tasks and the center’s activity, as it is meet the needs that stopped their activity as a result of the con- their families. environment, developing quick and long-term one of the centers that aims to preserve marine flict reached (4586) boats. Most of them in the Ismail Muhammad added that in the past, treatments, providing job opportunities for living resources from any pollutants that may of fishermen district of Midi, Hajjah governorate, Dhibab fishermen could raise fish. Each fisherman fishermen’s families, and providing fishing harm the sustainability of marine life as a re- district, Bab al-Mandab and Mocha in Taiz, raised 400,000 small fish under the water, and nets. The one who is responsible of providing newable resource, or cause any disruption to whose production was lost at an amount of the process was done by making trees on the all these things is the state. the marine ecosystem. (655,170,698) dollars. seabed, next to them large stones (buildings current situation and allocating an independent The number of fishermen that the conflict for fish). The fish reproducing, but now from The Challenges of Pollution Budget Challenges operational budget for the fish landing centers. caused damage to their standard of living rang- two to three days the fisherman collects fish of Sami Muhammad who is a fish expert, con- The most important problems that fish To cover the entitlements of the employees es to more than 2.5 million in coastal cities and the buildings he prepared, then the large fish firmed “The continued occurrence of oil spills wealth is going through, which negatively af- of the centers, which are in remote areas. In villages along the coastal strip in the Red Sea. come and devour them, or they die because of in the sea endangers marine life, and it is nec- fect their performance and implementation those areas the simplest necessities of life are Fishermen’s Challenges the (Israeli nets), which causes the elimination essary for the concerned authorities to conduct of tasks, are the failure to adopt an opera- not found. Daris Ahmed, who is a fisherman from of marine life. Because it contains thin layers studies and research on fisheries and ways for tional budget for the fish landing centers, the Indicating the need to amend the author- Hodeida said “the majority of fishermen have that cause the death of fish... He stressed, the caring and developing them. low share of the commission, the lack of fish ity’s share of central resources. So, it covers refrained from fishing due to the ongoing con- fish wealth is sustainable, and it only requires About that, “Voice of Hope” met with Pro- research and study of fish stocks, the lack of part of the authority’s obligations. It also, work flict, which has affected the fishing process, the concern and efforts from the state with the fish- fessor Abdul-Hakim Saeed, Director of the marine technical institutes, and the absence to encourage investment in fish farming; To be death of many fishermen, and the destruction ermen. Center for Marine Environment Studies and of training and qualification for cadres and an essential source for the national economy, of their boats on the coast. Many fishermen’s families, as soon as the Pollution (OEMs), who said that the Marine workers in the fish sector, and the lack ofa reduce pressure on natural fisheries, and set breadwinner is harmed, their living conditions Environment Studies and Pollution Center was marine meteorological center, and the lack of strict controls to prevent oil and sewage pol- are affected and the family’s children cannot established in 1992, which is one of the centers specialized staff due to the old age of many lution in all ports, especially in (Al-Daba port, continue their education, as some women fish- affiliated to the General Authority for Marine employees. In their retirement age, numbering Al-Nushaima for oil export, and Al-Mukalla ermen do not practice the profession. This is Sciences Research and Aquatic life. The Cen- about 149 employees, according to (Yeslam commercial port, as well as Khor Al-Mukalla). The most import- the family of Hassan Abdo, 22, a fisherman in ter aims to study pollutants of all kinds, mon- Babulgom the Head of the General Authority Working to encourage investments, Local and Al-Khaisa area, Aden. After an accident that itor changes, and preserve biodiversity in the for Fisheries in the Arabian Sea. foreign in the activities of industrial fisheries ant problem that prevented him from movement, his family lost sea”. He added for “Voice of Hope” that the fail- of marine life. the breadwinner who spent his life at sea and He added that the center studies the marine ure to adopt vital projects in supporting and Yeslam Babalgom stressed on the impor- fisheries are going fishing profession. environments that are directly or indirectly rehabilitating fish landing centers and the fish tance of working to open shipping lines in ad- affected by these pollutants, ensuring their quality laboratory had an impact on develop- dition to the current line from the port of Mu- through is the Irregularities Challenges safety, and working to preserve them, as they ing the foundations for the proper fish trading, kalla to neighboring countries, in coordination One of the most prominent irregularities constitute incubating environments for the pri- raising the level of its quality, and other caus- with the competent authorities, to encourage failure to adopt against fisheries are overfishing. Specially by mary food chains in the food chain and essen- es such as the Corona virus, in the year 2020, fish exports, generate added value, improve traditional fishermen and foreign ships that de- tial for the reproduction of organisms and fish the fisheries sector began to be affected by the quality control mechanisms, provide boats an operational stroy the marine environment and coral reefs. in the water. level of fishermen’s work and the amount of for maritime control as before, and activate It pollutes the Yemeni coasts with chemicals Researcher Abdul-Hakim confirmed that the fish exports. the role of fish guidance, to educate fishermen budget for the fish and oil, according to Mohammed Abbas, Di- center aims to establish an information base Yeslam stresses on the development of fish- about the importance of the performance of rector General of Monitoring, and Inspection on pollutants and marine pollution. Its sourc- eries work, it is necessary to strengthen the op- the vital and environmental system and how to landing centers at the Ministry of Fisheries Wealth - Sana’a). es in the Yemeni marine environment, and to erational budget of the authority. Considering maintain it, and to make them aware of the im- He explained that there is disclosure of provide studies and scientific research in the the changes in prices resulting from the costs portance of occupational safety and industrial many families who lost their only breadwinner field of marine pollution, which contributes to of transportation, fuel, etc. According to the security. Sawt 08 Issue No (15) - 1 / 9 / 2021 TheFile Voice of Hope

Fish landing centers and fishing ports are among the most im- portant basic infrastructure components that stabilize fish com- munities on the coastal strip. It contributes to regulating the sale of fish products and raising their quality in terms of selling, un- loading, and exporting easily, as well as helping to protect and maintain traditional fishing boats and suppling services.

The Landing Center in Al-Mualla District (the Dockyard) … as a Model Landing Centers: their Challenges and Importance in the Fisheries Sector By: Manal Amin - The Voice of Hope meters. Even a concrete pier with a length of before 2015 at the landing center was between auction yard is distinguished by raising the dis- portive parties to try to rehabilitate the center 52 square meters, which receives types of ships (100-300) fishing boat loaded with different play area for marine products with an area of and operate it to serve the fish sector. The direc- (Al-sanabic, Al-Abari and Al-Hawari) made of types of fish, where the amount of fish loaded not less than 30 centimeters from the ground. tor of the landing center stated, “The Norwe- The number of fish landing centers on the wooden and for the fishing process. in each fishing boat is between 35 tons to more The price of various types of fish is determined gian Refugee Council NRS, with funding from coasts of the Republic of Yemen is 105 centers, “Voice of Hope” made a field tour at the than 100 tons per day, to be disembarked in the by a specialized person who determines the ap- the European Union at the end of 2018, at- including 22 landing centers in Al-Mahra gov- landing center, and met with Captain Rashid auction area (auction yard)which is designated propriate price in a correct scientific manner, tempted to rehabilitate the 52-meter-long port, ernorate, 39 centers in the Arabian Sea (Hadh- Mohammed Saeed Al-Shaabi (Director of the for boats unloading quantities and for cars car- “According to the captain”. and qualify it partially. The value of rehabili- ramaut, Shabwa, Socotra), 40 landing centers Dockyard Center for Fish Landing), to review rying fish to different governorates. Regarding the damages, Rashid said “The tation is 37,605 dollars, but unfortunately this in the Red Sea (Hodeidah, Taiz, Hajjah), 4 In its historical importance in serving the fish sec- He added, “The center was working to pre- center was damaged by 90% as a result of the intervention led to a doubling of the damage in the Gulf of Aden (Aden, Lahj, Abyan). tor, and the difficulties it faces during this stage, serve the surplus fish for exporters in the 800- conflict in 2015, which led to a complete halt in the port, which was receiving many ships. where he explained that the center consists of ton refrigerator for preparation and storage, its work. All devices and equipment owned by He added “A technical and engineering team The Dockyard Center a refrigerator capacity 800 tons, frozen fish 40 where the size of the preserved fish reaches the center were damaged, the value of damages from the SDRPY visited the center in March The landing center (the Dockyard) is in the tons per day, block and crushed ice factory, fish thousands of tons, but it stopped after the in refrigerators and factories reached to hun- of last year 2020, and recorded all the damag- Mualla district of Aden governorate, and it is an auction arena, public administration, car repair events of 2015. Equally, working in the ice fac- dreds of thousands of dollars, as spare parts for es, needs and problems that the center suffers international fisheries institution established in shop, warehouses, administrative building, tories stopped.” these devices are not available in the present from as a result of the conflict. However, no 1977. It is the first fish landing center at the -lev health and service facilities. “The (Dockyard) center was built in a glob- time. rehabilitation project for the center has been el of Yemen and at the level of the Arabian Pen- The captain said to “The Voice of Hope” al manner within the safety standards and the Challenges implemented by them so far with our emphasis insula in general, with an area of 30,300 square “The number of ships that berthed daily until preservation of fish from pollution, where the There are interventions made by some sup- on the priorities that the center needs to operate Legislation that Regulates Fisheries and Cares for It Yemeni law regulates the exploitation of fisheries through several provisions to guarantee the rights of fishing and fishermen, this is what Niazi Ahmed Al-Salami, Director General of Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (fish sector) told us.

By: Hanin Al-Wahsh It is currently the Ministry of Agriculture, Sawt Al-Amal (Voice of Hope) Irrigation and Fisheries, and the four general fisheries authorities, namely the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea, the Red Sea, and Al-Mahra. • Mr. Niazi, I want to know about the legal In addition to the General Authority for Marine provisions that guarantee the rights of fish- and Aquatic Sciences Research, each in their Niazi Ahmed Al-Salami, Director General ermen and contribute to the development of respective fields of competence. of Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Agricul- the fisheries sector? • In your opinion, is the law really applied ture and Fisheries (fisheries sector) All fisheries legislation and regulations with- to all parties and fishermen? out exception exist primarily to protect, nurture, As a result of the collapse of the state system and regulate the exploitation of fisheries wealth. and its institutions as a result of the conflict, the In addition to the establishment of public This is because it is a national wealth owned fisheries sector has been affected and the imple- fisheries bodies with a developed system, as a by the state, and it is the one that guarantees mentation of fish legislation in a manner similar result, all the parties benefiting from the fishery its exploitation for the public benefit in accor- to the rest of the legislation in the country has activity have participated in this matter within dance with the text of Article 8 of the Constitu- been affected. the boards of directors of the bodies. Therefore, tion. Law No. 2 of 2006 and its implementing • What are the decisions related to over- it is difficult today to evaluate this modern -ex regulations came to regulate and protect fishing fishing of fisheries? perience before we give them an adequate op- and the exploitation and protection of aquatic Any fishing activity in contravention of lo- portunity to implement what is stated in the re- organisms. For the legal texts protecting the cal or international legislation and regulations publican decisions regarding the establishment rights of fishermen, they are too many in fish leads to a negative impact on the number of fish of the fish sector. Then we must complete the legislation and regulations, interrelated with the and the continuation of certain types of aquat- program to restructure the fisheries sector and legislative system and complementing some of ic organisms whose fishing, and protection give it an opportunity to implement, and then them. At the outset of defining the Ministry’s are regulated in accordance with certain laws it is possible to judge its success or failure and tasks, the legislator specified in the law - regu and regulations. Overfishing includes hunting determine its pros and cons. lating the fishing, exploitation and protection during the closing periods of the hunting sea- • How do you read the future of fisheries of aquatic organisms, that the outlet had three son or hunting endangered species and the ban with the blurry image that we see it in the groups of producers working in the fishing ac- on hunting them. As hunting by using illegal horizon of the country? tivity. The law gives all the marine waters in hunting equipment and methods, and others. The fish sector, like the rest of the important Yemen, starting from the baseline that is drawn From this point of view, the fishing activity in sectors of the country that has been affected by on land. Those sea waters extend to the end of marine waters must first be limited to one -cat the situation of the country today. All sectors the borders of the country’s exclusive economic egory only, which is the category of traditional including the fish sector need to stabilize the zone. While Article (22) of the same law stip- fishermen, at a rate of 100%. situation and restore the recovery of state- in ulates that the area located from the base line Since several years ago, the coastal or indus- ies authorities, what are the pros and cons of al donors, under this restructuring component, stitutions and organs, so we hope to restore the to a distance of five nautical miles is an exclu- trial fishing vessels no longer have any official this process on the fisheries sector? international consulting companies studied the status of the fish sector and its vital and effec- sive area for the Yemeni fisherman to practice activity licensed by the Ministry in the marine Speaking about the General Authority for conditions of the fish sector and submitted re- tive role as a sponsor of the national economy the traditional fishing activity only. Coastal or waters. Law No. (2) of 2006 specified that the Fisheries, which was the product of the project sults reports its studies for the country adopted The sector is currently witnessing workshops industrial commercial fishing companies should acts and practices that are considered violations to restructure the fisheries sector, which was it. Moreover, it restructured the fisheries sector prepared by the leaders and cadres of the Minis- not engage in fishing activity. and fall under these violations, a specific and one of the components of the Fifth Fish Proj- by merging the ministry’s offices in the coastal try, to rearrange and recover the conditions of • What are the concerned parties that su- strict legal penalty was imposed on them to put ect, The agreement was approved by a law of governorates with the Yemeni General Corpo- this vital sector important with the scarcity of pervise the process of implementing the law an end to them. the House of Representatives, in implementa- ration for Coastal Fishing and the General Ser- potential and difficult conditions that it is going on the ground? • After the process of merging the fisher- tion of the agreements signed with internation- vices Corporation. through. Sawt Issue No (15) - 1 / 9 / 2021 09 Voice of Hope The File again in less than three months, which include re-equipping the freezer and storage, and reha- bilitating the ice factory. Indiscriminate Overfishing and its Damage to Fisheries in Yemen He also pointed out that “currently sea- based interventions from some countries have harmed the fishing process, as it consumes a lot of time and procedures in the process of entering and exiting fishing boats to and from the sea, which often causes the destruction of a Seizing Two Ships that Violated Fishing Boundaries in 2021 large number of fish”. By: Rajaa Mukred & Manal Amin Regarding the center’s current activities, Voice of Hope the Director General of Fish Ports and Land- ing Centers, Engineer Nael Saeed Ahmed, told “Voice of Hope” that there is no continuous Ahmed Yaslam Amer (a fisherman from movement at the landing center at the present Aden) says: “The (indiscriminate) overfish- time, as the number of fishing boats that dock ing has had a great impact on the fishing in the center in one month reaches between two process, especially on sardines used as bait ships to three ships since the beginning of the in the fishing of tuna. Sardines might have or current year 2021. The amount of fish in the did really began to become extinct as a re- fishing boat is 23 tons. sult of indiscriminate fishing through the use Nael stated “The value of revenue from the of metal nets (Sakhawi) and (Israeli) nets, which inflict fatal damage to marine life and auction area only in the center was between 10 fishery stocks.” to 15 million riyals per month during the period Ben Amer, who has been working in fish- before 2015, That is, 3% of the general reve- ing for 22 years in the Sirah and Brega area, nues of the center, which was mainly contribut- confirms: “In Al-Mahra governorate, it is ing to supporting the national economy in hard forbidden to use such nets that are harmful currency. It was providing job opportunities for to marine life, but in the Gulf of Aden and more than 3,000 workers in various fields, es- the Red Sea coasts, the use of such nets has pecially for the people of the region.” become common since 2000. This can be as- A Glimpse of Landing Centers in Yemen cribed to the fact that the fishermen do not The landing centers in the various coastal follow the legal procedures, and there is no governorates suffer from many difficulties that strong deterrent that limits the use of such negatively affect the economic situation in the nets.” fisheries sector. Due to the lack of regulatory On how to know the appropriate fishing bodies that tighten adherence to the fishing and seasons, Ben Amer says: “Due to our expe- selling process within certain criteria. rience and practice of fishing over the years, Arabian Sea we have come to know the times of catching wealth from any wrong practices that harm Head of the Fisheries Authority in the Ara- specific fish and sea species and their breed- fish stocks, and specifies all measures that bian Sea (Hadhramout, Shabwa, Socotra) ing grounds. We are still using the traditional prevent the occurrence of any violations committed against marine life, but now it is Yaslaam Babalgoum told “voice of hope”, methods of fishing, such as “fetching” due to our knowledge of the damage that illegal not being implemented because of the gen- “The number of fish landing centers in the geo- eral situation the country is going through.” graphical scope of the authority reached (39) fishing methods cause to marine life.” Many fishermen in the coastal area of Bashir reviewed some provisions of Law landing centers, and one fish port, distributed Fakm and Amran agree that overfishing No. 2 of 2006 on the regulation, exploitation as follows: Hadramout 15 centers Landing and threatens marine life and fishry stocks in -Ye and protection of aquatic organisms. Article Fishing Port, Shabwa Governorate 6 centers, men. They assert that “there are different par- No. (12) states that the government shall en- and Socotra 18 landing centers. ties that prevent fishing in large fishing areas courage and provide support for fishermen, He pointed out that the most prominent dif- Ahmed Fadaq develop their villages and communities, as on various Yemeni coasts under the pretext (Director General of Maritime Moni- ficulties facing the fish landing centers in the of the unstable security situation, but allow well as lay down a strong foundation and in- toring and Inspection at the Ministry of Arabian Sea is the lack of complete rehabilita- a number of Yemeni and non-Yemeni ships Ben Amer frastructure. In Article No. (14) it is prohibit- tion, as they have become dilapidated and there and boats to catch different types of fish and Agriculture and Fisheries) ed for any person- natural or corporate body are no service facilities, and many auction halls to carry out a continuous dredging process - to engage in fishing in the traditional fishing are not qualified to land fish. Note that new for marine wealth and coral reefs– according zones in the sea waters of the republic, except auction places were established in some loca- to them – especially in the coasts of the Red by fishing means and equipment determined tions during the past periods, but they were not Sea, the Gulf of Aden, Hadhramaut and So- by the Ministry and after obtaining the neces- utilized; Due to the inadequacy of their specifi- cotra.” sary licenses for that. cations and locations, we are currently working Article No. (51) also stipulates that the on solving this problem by preparing a classi- Detecting a Number of Violations owners, charterers or users of coastal and fication of fish landing sites based on- thelo Statistics issued by the Ministry of Fisher- industrial fishing boats shall be prohibited cations and the number of incoming fishermen ies in 2014 indicate that there are 90,000 fish- from working in case of obstructing the work and boats. This classification is followed by ermen who have work license on the Yemeni of the observers assigned by the Ministry, assaulting them by any means, not comply- engineering plans for each level that are unified coast; 60 percent of whom own fishing boats. An introductory report issued by the Gen- ing with their orders, or forcing them off the in all countries, and then marketed to donors, boats. which gives a methodology for work. eral Authority for Fisheries in the Arabian Sea 2020 - a copy of which was obtained by Legal Penalties Socotra "Voice of Hope" - indicated that among the In Article No. (6), local and foreign com- Regarding landing centers in the Socotra ar- damages caused by indiscriminate fishing to panies are prohibited from fishing aquatic chipelago, the Director General of the Fisheries to the “Voice of Hope” that the main reason of long nylon-mesh nets that are attached to creatures except by virtue of an agreement the fishery sector are: for the spread of indiscriminate fishing in the coral reefs for long years, ranging from (10 Authority in Socotra, Ahmed Ali Abu Iskandar, • Environmental damage resulting from they conclude with the Ministry; the agree- confirms to (Voice of Hope) that “Socotra lacks country is due to the deterioration of the se- to 20 years). ment must include terms for opening offices throwing the caught fish at random and using curity conditions along the coastal strip, the In order to avoid further damage, the Di- the infrastructure for landing centers, the most fishing means in areas of rocks (crustal rocks) for these companies inside the Republic and important of which are located in the Hadibo official authorities’ lack of interest in activat- rector General of Monitoring and Inspection, bank guarantees for the full value (returns) of that lead to the rupture of these means and ing the monitoring role to preserve the fishery Ahmed Fadaq, says: “The Ministry seeks to area, the capital of the island, and the Qalansi- then the pollution of the marine environment. the state. yah and Mahfar areas. Their location is in the resources that has become threatened due to rebuild the fishery sector, activate all aspects In Article No. (25), it is prohibited for • Fishery resource damage that led to the neglect for long periods, blocking the door of supervision over all landing centers, and south of the island.” depletion of the living mass of aquatic life every person who owns an industrial or char- for investment in regional waters to exploit unify the work mechanism in all public fish- tered fishing boat the following: He added, “The rest of the island’s sites do and the decrease in the available fish resourc- the wasted wealth of fish and aquatic- or ery authorities, by establishing and activating not have fish landing centers, as the landing es, including: The use of prohibited means, 1- Fishing in the sea waters of the ganisms which traditional fishermen cannot the operations room in the Ministry’s office, Republic unless entering into an agreement process takes place in the middle of the sea the non-compliance with fishing and breed- catch as they do not have developed fishing equipping it with the latest technical equip- via ships, and sometimes receiving is on land ing seasons, the targeting of large sizes, the with the Ministry and being provided with a means.” He added, "The fishing boats used to ment in the field of advanced communication license issued by. through some associations.” He indicated, fishermen’s lack of awareness, and the- tar catch fish in the territorial waters are consid- and tracking devices for fishing boats linking “The landing centers need wave breakers to geting of species with high economic value 2- To practice fishing within the sea ered traditional fishing boats that use illegal them via satellite, coordinating with the Ma- waters of the Republic contravening with the protect the fishermen’s boats and their equip- through indiscriminate fishing, specifically methods which destroy marine life and do not rine Science Center and all security author- ment during hurricanes and monsoons, during squid and lobster (Shurukh.Sakhri). defined and licensed waters by the Ministry. contribute to supplying the country with hard ities, and providing marine boats equipped In Article No. (53), it is prohibited for high waves, and to open few aisles (passage- The report confirmed the detection of a currency." with the latest navigation and communication factories, various laboratories, and those ways) in order to facilitate the entry and exit of large number of violations committed by equipment to monitor and protect the coastal traditional fishermen in the coasts of the Ara- manufacturing and circulating chemical and the boats and protecting them from hurricanes. The Danger for Fish Stocks strip. petrochemical materials from discharging bian Sea during the past years, and no viola- Regarding the damage caused by indis- Indications Almahrah tions of foreign fishermen were recorded. their waste into the marine waters. It is also The head of the General Authority for Fish- criminate fishing, Fadaq asserts: “There are A report by the Ministry of Fisheries (the prohibited to discharge public sewage into For his part, the head of the Red Sea Fish- many damages of such a practice, represent- traditional fishing sector) indicated that “the eries in the Governorate of Al-Mahra, Engineer eries Authority, Khaled Al-Shamsi, said to sea water unless it is treated, and all types Abdel-Nasser Owaid Kalashat, says: “The ed by: the destruction of pasture areas and number of foreign vessels violating fishery and sizes of marine floats are prohibited from “Voice of Hope” that the indiscriminate fish- coral reefs, the migration of many fish spe- resources in Yemen during the current year number of landing centers in the governorate ing practiced by some traditional fishermen discharging their wastes containing fuel, oil, has reached 22. The geographical scope of the cies, and the disappearance of most of them 2021, from which two vessels are current- grease, toxic substances or any other harm- has harmed the fishery stocks and the marine as a result of using lethal methods and means ly detained and the number foreign vessels work of the General Authority extends along environment and led to a decline in the quan- ful substances directly into the sea. All types the coastal strip at 570 square kilometers. The in violation of Law No. 2 of 2006 on permis- during the past year 2020 reached 80 foreign and sizes of marine boats, vessels, etc. are tities of fish production, the lack of supply sible specifications of the maximum fishing. vessels. authority gets along the coastline monitoring of fish in the markets, the increase in their prohibited from discharging their waste con- These means led to the dredging of young Here, the agent Mohammed Bashir ex- taining fuels, oils, greases, toxic materials or and catch violators of the local fishermen’s prices, and the decrease in the fishermen’s (newborn) fish.” plains to the“Voice of Hope” that the viola- fishing system. income and wages. Despite the availability any other harmful substances directly into the “Indiscriminate fishing has caused signifi- tions committed by foreign ships on fishery sea. He explained that the problems facing the of the basic legislations for governing fishing cant financial losses and significantly reduced resources are: Overfishing, dredging of coral work of the centers are represented in the lack and regulations for violations and penalties, Regarding the legal view of the penalties, fish production compared to previous years; reefs, fishing outside the seasons, throwing Bashir reviews the text of Law No. 2 of Ar- of awareness of fishermen in the process of there are currently no clear mechanisms to the traditional fishermen are not committed chemical waste, fishing with dynamics, and fishing and selling, the lack of equipment for implement these laws. ticle (60), which is to penalize anyone who to the ministerial decisions that require the the use of flood lights. The Ministry tracks violates the provisions of Article (51) with the control process, and the halting of infra- Al-Shamsi said that the authority had re- launch of a specific fishing season at the time these violations. structure development projects. ceived reports that the fishermen of the vil- a fine of no less than two thousand dollars of breeding and mating. This action is an ear- He further stated: “The possible solutions and not more than ten thousand dollars, and Fish landing centers in Yemen are the first lage of “Al-Nakhila, Marsa Balae, and the ly warning of impending dangers of depleting to preserve fishery resources are to stop the village of Ta'if” were preparing their boats to in Article (55) anyone who violates the pro- and main nucleus of the development and de- the fish wealth which is a national wealth of process of overfishing, to allow fishermen to visions of any of Articles (6/A) (25/A.B) (53) velopment process in the national economy. go out to hunt coastal shrimp, at a time when equal importance to oil wealth,” Fadaq clari- practice fishing in a legal manner that- pre the Ministry issued a decision to end shrimp by imprisonment for a period of not less than Especially in this exceptional stage that the fies to “The Voice of Hope.” serves the fish stocks, and to work together one year and not exceeding two years, or a catching season in the Red Sea for the year In the same context, Bashir Mohamed to neutralize the fish sector, especially during country is going through. The necessity of re- 2021. fine of not less than fifty thousand US dol- habilitating it and activating it in the right ways (Undersecretary of the Ministry of Fisheries the conflict period.” lars and not more than five hundred thousand and organizing its work will mainly contribute for the Traditional Fishing Sector) confirms US dollars, and a judgment to confiscate the The Deterioration of the Security Situation that “the use of floodlights and non-conform- A Look at the Law to improving the domestic product. It also, will Ahmed Fadaq (Director General of Mari- boat or the used devices or any other seized provide the state with hard currency that will ing equipment in the marine environment af- On the role of the law in protecting fish- materials, means and equipment, and the can- time Monitoring and Inspection at the Min- fects fishery resources. The most significant eries, Bashir explained: “There is a law that achieve the desired economic recovery, as it is istry of Agriculture and Fisheries) explains cellation of the agreement or licenses granted a national wealth comparable in importance to damage to the marine environment is the use regulates the fishing process, protects marine to the boat. the oil wealth. Sawt 10 Issue No (15) - 1 / 9 / 2021 The File Voice of Hope

A meeting the General Director for Planning and Statistics at the Ministry of Fisheries, Dr. Mariam Taher Close Up... Current Status of Fisheries, Obstacles and Solutions

The fisheries sector is one of the most important economic resources due to its role in providing many job opportunities for active actors, raising the wheel of development, and achieving food security for the community, thus contributing to poverty alleviation and state treasury funding. However, the continuation of the conflict in Yemen has affected the infrastructure of fisheries sector. This has made the “Voice of Hope” meet Dr. Mariam Taher (the General Director for Planning and Statistics at the Ministry of Fisheries) to inform the newspaper about the current situation of fisheries, the extent of the damage and the solutions provided by the Ministry.

Rajaa Mukred Sawt Al-Amal (Voice of Hope)

- What is your assessment of the cur- rent state of fisheries? One of the main and important issues in our current situation is what the fisheries sector has been exposed to as a result of the ongoing conflict in Yemen, including the destruction of a number of fish land- ing centers, the sea blockade on Yemen, the restrictions imposed on the practice of fishing in a natural way, the death of a number of fishermen, the destruction of their fishing equipment and property, the scarcity of the Ministry’s operation- al expenses, the interruption of salaries, private sector’s reluctance to invest in the fishery sector, in addition to the suffering things in terms of organizing the entry during the period of growth and repro- statistical assessment, what is the most Loss in fees and returns amounted to of the fishery associations and coopera- and exit process, providing them with suf- duction of a diverse array of marine spe- significant damage to fisheries and $26,206,828. tives, their inability to provide services ficient electronic scales to weigh produc- cies, catching species that fish depend on their extent? - What are the solutions and pro- and to understand the tasks and activities tion quantities, and reducing the loss of for their food, using means and methods The number of fish and marine life posals that the Ministry has presented they must perform. As a result, they re- quantities as a result of selling in baskets of overfishing (such as bottom trawl nets exporters, companies and individuals, and is implementing to handle all the quire assistance, training and rehabilita- and piles. Fishery agents also have com- and small eyes fish nets), destructing fish whose activities were affected reached obstacles? tion in the future. plete control over the sale yards, landing pastures (seaweeds, algae, seagrasses) (28). The Bamaslam Company for Ex- To face obstacles, it is necessary to al- - What are the major problems you centres and auction sale process. The cur- and marine life habitats by throwing oils port and Fish Farming stopped produc- locate percentages of foreign loans, aids face? rent situation in the country has prevent- and residues of commercial ships, waste ing shrimp completely; it was producing and grants to finance emergency fisheries The most prominent problems current- ed people from working under normal of military ships, anchors and hocks. about (1000) tons annually. The number projects and development projects, en- ly facing the fisheries sector are the scar- circumstances. Some landing centres and It should be noted that oil pollution, of factories that stopped their activities courage the private sector and stimulate city of allocated funds- whether of local sale yards have become out of control. which may contain radioactive materi- as a result of the decrease in fish produc- investment on land in a way that raises the or external sources- to finance the Min- The low fishing export fees do not com- als or chemicals, the use of guns to catch tion reached more than five factories and added value, expand the ceiling of local fi- istry’s programs and activities to achieve mensurate with the high prices locally certain types of fish, especially coral reef preparation laboratories, and others. The nancing for vital projects through quickly the objectives and policies of the fisheries and internationally. fish, the exhaustion of some fishing- ar losses of industries and services associ- deciding on the separation of the fish sec- sector, some firms, that were exporters, Moreover, the Fisheries Guidance eas through concentrating fishing solely ated with fishing activities have amount- tor allocations in Agricultural and Fisher- have stopped exporting due to the- cur Department does not provide technical on them with equipment and means that ed to $5,262,186b. The number of both ies Production Promotion Fund, and apply rent situation, the high operating costs, guidance for fishermen on the advanced exceed their productive capacities, fish- official and contract employees who lost the objectives of the main directions for the failure to collect and deposit the share means and methods of fishing. It has an ing in creeks, nature reserves and areas their jobs reached (96) and the number organizing fishing operations, annual as- of state returns approved according to ineffective role in gathering the problems with shallow depths, which are consid- of working hands for assisted service sessment of the level of implementation, the Law of Fishing No. (2) 2006 in the the fishermen are facing and communi- ered breeding, nursery and food areas for reached (18,652) people. It is worth men- and activating the role of fish extension. course of the sale. What is collected are cating them to the concerned authorities marine organisms, and throwing 90% of tioning here that the annual average per Legislation and regulations governing the percentages for fishery communities (Research Department) to analyze them non-target fish into the sea while catching capita fish consumption has decreased at the management of sustainable resources only, and it may exceed the percentages and find out appropriate solutions. The shrimp, generally cause pollution and the the level of the Republic of Yemen. The for the fisheries sector must be complet- specified by law. current situation of some fishery cooper- increase in the percentage of CO2, which, average per capita was (14) kg annually, ed, and the executive measures must be In addition, the sale yards and landing atives has become an impediment to the in turn, lead to the death of fish or their later reached (2.5) kg annually, with a de- taken to improve and develop fisheries centres are not equipped with the basic development of the traditional sector as migration to other areas, the depletion of crease of (-85%). management, restructure the functions they have poor management that is unable mangrove trees, which are fertile grounds The total losses due to the unauthorized of the ministry and its economic units,

The Extent of the Damage Caused to the Fisheries to perform its commercial functions in a for the growth of aqua plankton on which overfishing amounted to $501,000,000 stimulate national capital in the field of Sector due to the Conflict good manner. Therefore, management young fish feed, and of fish stocks asa and its resulting environmental impact fishing, lay the foundations for creating Total capabilities need to be strengthened by result of the inability to control the open- assessment amounted to $840,000,000. a national fishing fleet, activate protocols M Statement Num- training the permanent staff at the Center ing and closing date for the fishing season Infrastructure losses resulting from the and exchange experiences to support re- ber for Workforce Development in Fisheries. (Crustaceans, mollusks, aquarium fish); partial destruction of Midi and Al-Hima search programs and studies of fish- re 1 Deaths at Sea 271 - What are the most common viola- all of these are violations that cause seri- ports, the total destruction of (11) fish sources stocks, raise the capabilities of 2 Injury at Sea 216 tions that you have detected and occur ous damage to the environment and ma- landing centers, in addition to the Ex- Yemeni cadres, implement rehabilitation 3 Destroyed Centers 224 constantly? rine life. port Center and Quality Laboratory in and training programs, raise efficiency, 4 Totally Destroyed Boats 35 The most notable violations are fishing - According to the ministry’s latest Haradh Port amounted to $13,032.558. and activate protocols in this aspect. 5 Partially Destroyed Boats 28 Assessment of Environmental Damage of Illegal Fishing by Foreign Fishing Vessels The Costs of Losses in the Fisheries Sector 6 Boats Suspended 4.586 The total direct material losses in the fisheries sector amounted to more 1 Environmental damages resulting from throwing discarded 433,125,000 7 Fishermen who Lost their Sources of Income 37.288 organisms and their impact on coral reefs than five billion dollars. The following table shows the approximate statistics of these losses: 8 Official and Contract Employees who Lost their Jobs 145 2 Environmental damage to the future fish stock as a result of 433,125,000 M Statement Amount Dollar fishing for small fish by 30% of the total value 9 Working Force for Assistance work 18.652 )$( 1 )Material Losses in Property (Damage to Facilities 195.480.837 3 Environmental damage resulting from throwing different 288,750,000 10 Fishermen who Lost their Sources of Income 37.288 2 Direct Losses to the Fishermen 1.120.316.660 pollutants, which represents 20% of the total amount Exporters from both Individuals and Companies 3 Fishing Gear Losses 240.260.000 11 28 4 Production Losses 1.811.064.571 whose Business Activity has been Affected 4 Total environmental damage assessment of violating foreign 1,155,000,000 5 Overfishing and Conflict Losses 3.657.750.000 fishing vessels 12 Factories that Shut Down due to Reduction in Production 58 6 Losses Related to the Fisheries Sector 9.269.442 The overall total of losses resulting from the overfishing of 2.310,000,000 7 Losses 2018 965.883.490 13 The most affected districts 6 foreign fishing vessels The Total of Direct Material Losses 8.000.025.000 Sawt Issue No (15) - 1 / 9 / 2021 11 Voice of Hope The File

The necessity of rebuild- ing the fisheries sector in accordance with a clear scientific vision within the national strategy for the development of the fisheries sector 2012- 2025. With these words, Dr. Hana Rashid Ahmed (Director of the General Authority for Marine and Aquatic Science Research) stressed the importance of addressing the problems facing the fish sector in Yemen from a scientific point of view, in an interview conducted with the “Voice of Hope” newspaper to know the im- portance of the authority’s role in developing the fish sector in Yemen.

Dr. Hana Rashid : The Importance of Encouraging Investments to Improve the Fisheries Sector from its Current Situation and to Supplement the State Treasury with Hard Currency By: Manal Amin Sawt Al-Amal (Voice of Hope)

- At the beginning, Dr. Hana, can you give us a brief overview of the Authority’s activities? The General Authority for Marine and Aquatic Sciences Research was established on August 13, 2007. It includes within its in- stitutional framework the Marine Sciences Re- search Center in Al-Amal Island, Khor Maksar district in Aden, the Aquaculture Center and the Marine Environment and Pollution Stud- ies Center in Al-Buraiqah District, and the two branches of the Commission in Hadramout and Hodeidah. In general, the authority is concerned with studying marine sciences and changes in the aquatic environment for the presence of ma- rine life and food salts affecting the formation of biological production of marine organisms, Dr. Hana’a Rashid Ahmed investments so that the fish sector can recover funds and gifts, and more than 50% go to the studying plankton, zooplankton, benthic and (Director of the General Authority for from its current situation and achieve important local partner. So, this procedure should be offi- benthous organisms, monitoring the ethno- Marine and Aquatic Sciences Research) leaps in its development to be a revenue sector cially rejected by the government and the Minis- graphic situation, as well as the state of - re that covers the local market requirements of try of Planning because it is not feasible. Even sources, categorizing and distributing them food and supplies the state treasury with hard its role in weakening sustainable activities. according to their natural habitats, their dynam- small offices, a central library, and administra- currency. Are there governmental indicators or sta- ics, and monitoring the state of fish stocks and tive offices. Besides, a meeting room,- ware and • Lack of coordination between all govern- tistics showing the percentage of fish produc- marine environment variables. And the impact houses, and additional spaces for future ex- transfer ex- ment agencies related to the fisheries sector, tion in the country during this period? of fishing equipment on stock sustainability, pansion. Since the launch of the research work pertise, and provide the au- including finance, and planning according to If we talk about governmental indicators, or fish farming research, marine environment, in the building until now, the building was not thority with specialized cadres. what was targeted in the national strategy for in a more accurately, the annual statistics on marine pollution studies and other studies. modernized until 2019, when the Council of Reconsidering the legislation of the fisher- the development of the fish sector 2012-2025. fish production, there are no statistics approved What is the nature of research and studies Ministers issued a decision to rehabilitate the ies sector and the private sectors related to the The strategy was developed in accordance by the ministry due to the absence of a unified targeting the fisheries sector in the country? building, but the project struggling for unclear Research Authority in a way that enables the with the demands of donors who emphasized mechanism and statistical system for collecting The studies and research conducted by the reasons. Authority to obtain compensation for provid- the existence of a vision that defines the axes of data from landing centers or fish societies, and authority on fisheries aim at the sustainability Overall, the infrastructure components for ing scientific advice, and to obtain revenues development of the fisheries sector according a defect in the mechanism of linking produc- of the marine environment resources and their marine science research need urgent rehabil- to spend on its surveys. The mechanism for to the time frame and the estimated cost within tion quantities and values to revenue collec- ecological balance, and to submit recommen- itation (the Authority building, the Aquacul- opening and closing the fishing seasons or go- the project schedule attached to each stage, and tion for the traditional fisherman. Which is the dations to the leadership of the ministry to issue ture Center building, the Marine Environment ing down to study cases of marine pollution or that all the projects funded by donors during lowest value of its production compared to all binding decisions for implementation from the and Pollution Studies Center, the Authority’s fish deaths. the previous decades were not vital strategic stages of sale to reach the consumer. general fisheries authorities and associations branch building in Hadramout). In the years - In your opinion, what are the most im- projects for the fish sector. Here we stress the need to adopt a mecha- with the aim of protecting marine resources prior to 2014, plans were made to establish five portant problems facing the fisheries sector - What are the treatments for the problems nism to separate the fish statistics from the -col from depletion and giving them the opportu- research stations to monitor climate change, in Yemen at the present time? facing the fisheries sector in Yemen from a sci- lection of revenues. The statistics are linked to nity to renew and reproduce. The commission but the work on the project was stopped, and From my point of view, the fisheries sector entific point of view? research and allocate 3% of the revenues. The has finally tried to cultivate sea cucumbers for only a research station in Al-Mahra governor- suffers from many difficulties, the most import- From my point of view, I see that the fisher- data will therefore be collected and analyzed the ability of this resource to adapt and grow ate was completed, working away from the ant are: ies sector should be rebuilt according to a clear in its two branches: biological statistics, which in all available conditions, as well as its high commission’s plans because there is not coor- -The lack of commitment of the state in scientific vision, and I see that much of the means collecting data according to the prevail- material value, which will contribute to raising dination in its activities. general and the leadership of the ministry in positive proposal was included in the National ing lengths of catch, fishing areas, number of the standard of living of fishermen, as the least - What are the most important challenges particular . Both lack a unified scientific vision Strategy for the Development of the Fisheries boats and fishing days. The development statis- poor segments of society, and the development facing the commission’s work in such cir- towards the development of the fish sector for Sector (2012-2025), which was suspended due tics in which data are collected by type, value, of their rural coastal villages, in addition to the cumstances compared to its work before the many years. Every new leadership that comes to the events the country is going through, and landing centers, associations, provinces, the fact that farming and aquaculture in coastal in conflict? to the ministry does not link what has been with this it can be relied upon in Rehabilitation quality of fishing boats, the value and type of floating ponds will contribute in supporting the There are many accumulated difficulties that accomplished and completed or dismantle the of the sector in its various aspects. exports and the importing State. fish stocks of the targeted resources. have prevented the commission from carrying overlapping difficulties such as addressing the - Have the supporting bodies and inter- Why didn’t the Marine Sciences Division at Here, we emphasize directing support for out its tasks under the decision to establish it. conditions of the dilapidated infrastructure of national organizations contributed to the the College of Applied Sciences create cadres the transfer of culture from the experimental Since the commission is a field research com- the sector and referring many qualified cadres development of the fisheries sector in the specialized in the fish sector? stage to the actual implementation stage in the ponent that needs a lot of support and capabil- for retirement and not seeking to keep them. country? We went to the University of Aden and field. It should be noted that there is a promis- ities, the most important of which are complet- They also do not address the deficiency in When looking at the components of the the College of Science and met with the Dean ing fish farming project implemented by a local ing the project to rehabilitate the commission’s some fishery legislation that appeared during projects submitted by the donors, we conclude of the College and the Minister of Higher Ed- partner for the cultivation of cobia fish. building with government funding, and provid- implementation. that the donors and international organizations ucation and Scientific Research urging them to - Regarding the infrastructure of the Gener- ing a budget for the research work plan so that • The fish sector lacks qualified specialized were not serious about developing the fisher- activate the Marine Sciences Division and that al Authority for Marine and Aquatic Sciences the commission can implement field surveys cadres. There is no scientific reference that pro- ies sector, and their limited gifts went to the the Commission is ready to support them with Research, how do you evaluate it in general? and studies phenomena and pollutants, carrying vides the fish sector with specialized graduates recruitment of experts and training processes. researchers, and to give specialized lectures. The Authority has an integrated infrastruc- out periodic descents to follow up and monitor despite the expansion and diversity of the la- The government side was unsuccessful in ob- We also presented an integrated file on the proj- ture that was established under a loan from the the quantities withdrawn from the fish stock, bor market in various fisheries activities. Here taining donor support for its maintenance, for ect of establishing the College of Marine Sci- Islamic Bank. The Marine Science Research establishing two model fish farms for shrimp lies the gap in planning university education to example, the 2000-ton refrigerator, the 800-ton ences to the Minister of Higher Education and Center building was opened in 1983 AD. It and sea cucumber in Ras Al-Ara and Amran, meet the labor market. refrigerator, the canning factory in Shakra, and Scientific Research. In fact, we did not receive was an integrated research center, which was modernizing and re-equipping of the laborato- • Weak credits and operational budgets for the fishing port in Aden, both are destroyed. To any equal interest, as the outputs of the marine planned to be a regional center in that period, ries to enable researchers to analyze samples, the fish sector in general. It should be empha- find a local partner from civil society organiza- sciences department or division will be fully and it consisted of specialized laboratories and rehabilitate and raise the adequacy of cadres sized the importance of paying money and tions that acts as a mediator to absorb support absorbed in the fisheries sector for many years. Sawt 12 Civil Society Issue No 15 - 1/9 / 2021 Voice of Hope Coastal Women and their Timid Role in Supporting the Fisheries Sector Women did not Find Enough Support to Work in Fishing

Since she was 12 years old, Aziza Ahmed Sweid, or as she is called (Al-Nokhtha Aziza), 25 years old, has been working as a fisherwoman in the Ras Al-Ara area of Lahj governorate, which overlook- ing the Red Sea.

Manal Amin Sawt Al-Amal (Voice of Hope)

Aziza says: “Since she was young, she has been working in the fishing profession with her father and brothers to assist them in coastal women face great challenges- with the process of fetching, catching, collecting in the geographical area in which they live. small and medium-sized fish, bringing them These challenges are firmly associated with to the coast and selling them. They catch dif- to customs and traditions, and the lack of ferent kinds of fish such as Indian mackerel attention to women educational process, fish (Bagha), Emperor Fish (Gahash), Bagrus which has increased women illiteracy rate. (Baiad), and Cobia (Sakhlah) among others. She further explains that coastal women in Since then, she has been working in the same the Al Kheesa area have directed their atten- profession with her husband and 11 children. tion on collecting Onycha, shells and some Now she owns a fishing boat that she use to marine species. They sell them and benefit oversee the fishing process. from their financial returns to improve their Regarding the challenges she faces, Azi- difficult living conditions and to implement za says: As a result of the conditions we are creative projects. They also participate in going through today, the living condition has various development activities supported by become so difficult that we were unable to some organizations with the aim of helping repair the boat after it had stopped for a peri- their husbands who are fishermen. od of time. I received support (a new marine The role of supporting bodies in target- engine) through The Small and Micro En- ing coastal women in the fisheries sector, terprise Promotion Service (SMEPS) during Dr. Osan Maroof Bahurmiz (Fishery Value 2017-2018. I am also currently training some Chain Consultant at Pragma Organization), women in the same area in practicing fish- says to “Voice of Hope”: Coastal women are ing and helping their husbands in the fishing one of the main actors in the development seasons. of the marine sector in Yemen; they play a One of the very few women in coastal role in the direct and limited fishing process, areas of Yemen who fish with men, Aziza especially in the Ras Al-Ara area. They par- drives a boat with some workers on. General- ticipate in fisheries value chains which start ly, women did not find enough attention and from the preparation process for the sea trip, support to work in the fishing profession. of Amran), says: Since ancient times, coastal to developing the capabilities of women in the process of removing the product from the fishing, circulating, landing, transportation, The coastal governorates of the Republic women have been practicing fishing, making various fields of the fisheries sector and ben- seashell and cleaning it correctly. preparation, packaging, selling, and up to of Yemen include ten governorates: (Aden, and selling marine products within the frame- efiting from the marine products found in the In the same context, Rashidi Mahmoud the cooking stage. In these phases, - coast Hadhramout, Hodeidah, Hajjah, Taiz, Lahj, work of the traditions recognized in their ar- Yemeni coasts such as developing creative (a researcher in the affairs of fishermen and al women are involved particularly in the Abyan, Shabwa, Socotra, and Al-Mahra. eas, but since 2015 there have been societal works of marine products (seashells) and marine biology in the Gulf of Aden) says: “In preparation and processing of traditional fish The length of the coastline of Hajjah - Gov restrictions imposed on coastal women by trying to find a factory to sew better quality most of the coastal governorates, especially industries such al-wazef and other dried fish. ernorate is about 128 square kilometers on restricting their participation in the fisheries fishing nets in easy ways compared to the im- on the western strip in the coastal area of Ras They are also present in fish canning facto- the Red Sea, the length of the coastal strip sector, and its monopoly on men only. ported nets that cause damage to marine life Amran, there are some women who partici- ries in various coastal governorates. of Hodeidah Governorate is 329 km, of Taiz She explains to “Voice of Hope” the role and to create job opportunities for women, pate in their husband’s fishing practice in the Bahurmiz added: “The USAID-funded is 130 km, of Lahj is 200 km, of Aden gov- of the association, which has more than 8 establish a tuna canning factory that employs sea. They are involved in fishing with men Economic Recovery and Livelihoods Pro- ernorate is 181 km2 on the coast of the Gulf members from the Amran area, saying: The female cadres at prices that help mitigate the in the fishing season and its circulation. They gram (the Fisheries Sector Component) of Aden, of Abyan governorate is 280 km on association works to support women with collapse of the national economy. also catch and then dry small sardine fish to implemented a number of interventions for the coastline of the Arabian Sea, of Shabwa projects that contribute to developing their She also adds: Since ancient times, the prepare al-wazef. Small sardine fish are dried coastal women through training, qualifying is 380 km, of Hadhramout is 350 km, and of perceptions in various development fields coastal woman has been working in gathering under the sun on solid ground for two days, and assisting them in the marketing process the coastal strip of Mahra governorate is 550 that help improve the living conditions of substances such as Onycha (Dhofr), which is collected and then placed in large bags to be of marine products, forming associations square kilometers. their families in coastal areas where they lack used in the manufacture of incense, perfumes sold in the market. for coastal women, and benefiting from sea- education and health, and job opportunities and wine. It is it is one of the expensive in- shells in the cosmetic industries, accessories Activities Targeting Coastal Women are few. gredients extracted from certain snails (sea- Challenges and Solutions and antiques, during the period from 2020- Salma Nasser Abdan (head of the Coastal Salma confirms that the association seeks shells). Therefore, we seek to train and qual- Susan Jawad, Director of the Coastal 2021. Training her in the field of seafood Development Association in the coastal area to implement many projects that contribute ify women properly, to familiarize them with Women’s Entity in Al Kheesa, says: The cooking. Fishing Industries in Yemen... between Ambitions and Reality Samah Emlaak & Alia Mohammed Fish Investment Guide issued in the year Phases of the Fishing Industry Sawt Al-Amal (Voice of Hope) 2017, which we obtained. From the Ministry Nabil Al-Koni (Director General of Qual- of Fisheries. ity and Technical Affairs at the Ministry of Fishing industry is one of the most import- According to the Fish Investment Guide Fisheries) told “Voice of Hope”: Fishing in- ant food industries that contribute to supply- issued in 2017, which we obtained from the dustries in Yemen have gone through many ing the local market with high- quality locally Ministry of Fisheries, there are 80 ice- fac stages represented in the process of drying, produced seafood which is accepted by the tories in Yemen. These factories are distrib- salting and smoking, and these operations Yemeni street. It also contributes to reviving uted in various Yemeni governorates with a were carried out by fishermen in the past. the national economy, especially in such cir- production capacity of 1004 tons. The frozen Since the beginning of the seventies the freez- cumstances, as the production of canned fish stores for fish products expanded to reach 22 ing and preserving process of these products in Yemen still enjoys a high global reputation stores with a capacity of 200050 tons. has begun. At that time, many refrigerators despite the challenges. The report stated that as a result of the rap- and freezers for storage were created. id increase in the number of people engaged He added that the canning process began Statistics in the traditional fishing activity, the number in 1976 by establishing the first fish canning There are 80 ice factories in Yemen. These of fishing boat factories reached 8, -concen factory in the Abyan Governorate, the city factories are distributed in various Yemeni trated in some coastal governorates, all of of Shuqrah and then the Mukalla Fish Can- governorates with a production capacity of which belong to the private sector, including ning Factory in 1979. As a result of the de- 1004 tons, while the frozen stores for fish 4 factories in Hadhramout, two factories in velopment in the fisheries sector, a number products expanded to reach 22 stores with Aden, one factory in Al-Mahra and one fac- of specialized institutions were established a capacity of 200050 tons, according to the tory in Taiz. for producing, marketing, and exporting Ye- Sawt Issue No 15 - 1/9 / 2021 Half of the Society 13 Voice of Hope

م م الهدف االهداف م م الهدف الهدف االهداف م الفرعية الهدف الهدف االهداف الفرعية االنشطة ا االهداف الفرعية الفرعية االنشطة م االهداف الفرعية االنشطة م ضمان الهدف خلطة االسرتاتيجية وتأكيد االهداف االنشطة الهدف الجودة االنشطة بصورة الفرعية فعالة التدخالت إعادة التأهيل التدخالت االهداف الفرعية واالستثمار التدخالت إدارة فعالة لرقابة ضبط الجودة التدخالت االنشطة الخطة االستراتيجية االنشطة التدخالت التدريب وبناء لالستزراع السمكي تصميم وتنفيذ الدراسات بنية مؤسسية تطوير مرافق الشاملة لالحتياجات اليمن من مشاريع البنية التحتية موقع القدرات السمكية موقع المشروع إجمالي عدد التدخالت موقع المشروع زيادة فرص الحصول على االساسية الخدمات االجتماعية موقع المشروع فعالة - البنية الهيئة العامة إجمالي عدد إجمالي عدد 2020 إجمالي عدد برامج لتقييم االحتياجات ودراسة الجدوى االستشارات والتوعية وكسب التأييد 2030 موقع المشروع أنظمة السوق وسلسلة العرض تحسين الوضع التدخالت التحتية ألبحاث علوم إجمالي عدد المستفيدين تحسين المستفيدين المستفيدين المشروع التكلفة تشجيع استثمارات التكلفة اإلجمالية لعشر سلسلة مرافق برية هادفة التكلفة التكلفة اإلجمالية لعشر المؤسسية البحار واالحياء تقييم االحتياجات ، برامج وورش عمل ومؤتمرات تشاورية المستفيدين مسوحات لتحديد المواقع المستهدفين الشرياط الساحلي المستهدفين االجتماعي المائية دراسات لتقييم االحتياجات المستفيدين القطاع الخاص موقع المشروع إجمالي عدد القيمة انشاء قاعدة للبيانات للصيادين االجتماعية واالقتصادية للصيد دراسة لتقييم االحتياجات المستهدفين سنوات )مليون دوالر( التكلفة اإلجمالية لعشر اإلجمالية لعشر سنوات )مليون الشرياط الساحلي 2020-سنوات )مليون دوالر( التكلفة اإلجمالية لعشر سنوات )مليون اإلجمالي اعادة هيكلة وزارة الثروة السمكية دوالر( 2025 المحلية التدريب الفني الهادف واالقتصادي وتعزيز 2020- دوالر( موقع المشروع إجمالي عدد تعزيز قدرات وزارة المستهدفين اإلجمالي الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000 2025 ا ل ش ريط -2020 إعادة تأهيل واستكمال المرافق االساسية المؤسسية الجارية المستهدفين اإلجمالي 2025- المستفيدين مليون 2025 سنواتالثروة السمكية)مليون دوالر( 2030 اإلجمالية تقييم االحتياجات / دور المجتمعات 2025- الساحلي تطوير القدرات ومؤسساتها خرائط للمواقع الواعدة لالستزراع السمكي مليون دوالر اإلجمالي - 2030 2025- اإلجمالي مليون المستفيدين القطاع السمكي إنشاء مراكز للتدريب السمكي الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000 تعزيز 9,245,000 دوالر 2030 المؤسسية 2020 2020- اإلجمالي مليون نظام التراخيص الشرياط الساحلي خارطة االستثمار دوالر تعزيز البنية التكلفة اإلجمالية - مليون الشرياط 5الساحلي 2025 برامج بحثية رائدة - 7 أنظمة المستهدفين المحلية في ادارة دعم المبادرة المرتكزة على االدارة المجتمعية 9,245,000 9,245,000 2025 تعزيز إمكانات دوالر ترويج المنتجات لسد االحتياجات المحلية لألمن الغذائي تحسين وسائل دراسات لتقييم وتحديد االولويات المستهدفين مختبرات رقابة المجمعات 2025- مبادرات سلسلة لعشر سنوات مليون 2 ا ل ش ريط لعشر سنوات )مليون دوالر( 2025 2030 - اإلجمالي تطوير المرافق في االسواق المحلية الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000وتنمية مصايد - 0.15 المؤسسية تطوير السياسات والخطط 2020-جودة األسماك الساحلية -برامج التدريب الفني برامج وورش عمل ومؤتمرات تشاورية االستزراع 9,245,000السمكي الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000 القيمة 8 0 الساحلي اإلجمالي قارب ابحاث 1 2030 دوالر العيش السمكية 2025 مرافق مختبر الهيئة العامة البحاث علوم البحار واألحياء المائية )تحديث وإنشاء فقاسة ومختبرات لألعالف ( 3 9,245,000 الشرياط الساحلي وتربية األحياء تخطيط وإدارة رائدة لإلدارة المجتمعية 1 - السمكية )مليون دوالر( دوالر االسماك تطوبر المرافق االساسية المستهدفة - 1 مع اطر وزارة الثروة السمكية البحرية وتنمية تحسين بنية الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000 2.0 برامج تشاورية وتعبوية وتوعوية 2025- دورات للتدريب الفني وبرامج دراسية 0.25 - مليون دوالر وتعزيز البنية 0 ) البنية التحتية ( 9,245,000 مليون تعزيز قدرات القطاع - مع أطر قانونية فعالة الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000 مؤتمرات وورش عمل وبرامج تشاورية وتوعوية وتعبوية تحسين إتصال وزارة الثروة السمكية بالمجتمع 2030 القطاع السمكي وتحسين التعاون االستزراع دراسات جدوى 1 0.15 0.2 قانونية فعالة 9,245,000 1 الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000 - - نظام التسجيل والمرافق لتنمية 9,245,000 ) اآلطر المؤسسية دوالر 1.0 تسهيالت إلدارة المعارف )مكتبات( السمكي وأنظمة 1.0 الشرياط الساحلي - الشريط الساحلي برامج لتعزيز القدرات المؤسسة القطاع السمكي 9,245,000 0.3 دورات تدريبية هادفة )على رأس الوظيفة وفي الميدان( 6 دوراتالممسوحا تتدريبية فنية موجهة وتعزيز تحسين 3.5مرافق مراكز السمكي في عدن والمكال والحديدة 1 الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000 تخطيط وإدارة - تصدير االسماك وسلسلة السوق )أنظمة الشبكات( المجتمع - 2 الشريط - 9,245,000 2020- المساعدة الفنية الهادفة - آطر قانونية فعالة مرافق االنزال الساحلي الشرياط الساحلي تطوير البنية التحتية 2 - الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000 1.0 لمنش 9,245,000 برامج تدريبية ومطبوعات 9,245,000 - المشاريع - دعم 2025وتعزيز مشاركة القطاع الخاص 0 االصغر و ارت والتقارير التحليلية ، انظمة إدارة مصايد االسماك القطاع السمكي مرافق0 مختبر مركز ابحاث االستزراع السمكي )تحديث وإنشاء فقاسة ومختبرات لألعالف ( مؤسسات رائدة لالستزراع 0.26 1.0 قانون وأنظمة الشرياط الساحلي 2030 تحسين فرص الحصول على قروض وخدمات التمويل ، د ارس 15 0.2 لتعزيز القدرات البنية مختبرات رقابة جودة األسماك 2 1.0 الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000 وتنمية المشاريع - دعم إضافة القيمة للمنتجات السمكية مبادرات رائدة 2 ة جد 1 9,245,000 دورات تدريبية وبرامج توعية )للصيادين والنساء( الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000 االستزراع السمكي وتنويعها الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000 - وى التحتية 3.5 الشري - 1 2025 0 - معلومات القطاعية تقييم االولويات واالحتياجات 9,245,000 - الصغيرة مبادرات 2.0المشاريع الصغيرة ورش عمل ولقاءات تشاورية وكسب تعزيز واالستفادة منها القطاع السمكي ط الساحلي الصغيرة دراسات تقيمية 0.5 12 تعزيز التعاون 6 2.0 ورش عمل ولقاءات تشاورية وكسب التأييد والتوعية - التأييد والتوعية إمكانيات 9,245,000 1 االقتصادية ، دراسات رائدة 4 0.3 9,245,000 الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000 9,245,000 الشرياط الساحلي خدمة االمن 0 2.0 9,245,000 الوطني جوالت وزيارات دراسية وفرص 15.0 تنمية التصدير والتسويق والتجارة وضبط الجودة استعراض ومراجعة وتحديث القوانين القطاع السمكي 9,245,000 برامج لتعزيز قدرات االوساط االكاديمية وال الشرياط الساحلي - والمتوسطة - والمتوسطة القائمة على اإلدارة واالستزراع السمكي 1.5 الشرط - والمتوسطة 1.0 تجارة - المساعدة الفنية الهادفة والسالمة توفير - لإلدارةمبادرات رائدة ، مبادرات رائدة / التشريعات 0.5 تقييم االحتياجات/ إعادة تأهيل واستكمال المرافق االساسية والخدمية الجارية مؤسسات الوطنية 1 6.0 الشرياط الساحلي الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000 1.0 3 الساحلي الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000 - التصدير 0 صند انشاء مراكز انزال جديدة 6 التعاون االقليمي 12.0 9,245,000 0.25 المجتمعية لتعزيز تنمية - ادوات االمن وق لل الشريط الساحلي 9,245,000 الشرط والدولي نظام للتسجيل ومنح التراخيص 1 دراسات جدوى 1 تمويلالمجتمعية ، تأسيس تطبيق القوانين وااللتزام بها القطاع السمكي 4.50 9,245,000 - نشرات اخبارية ومنشورات الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000 - اال 1 0.2 الساحلي - 1.3 المجتمع - 0 صغ الخدمات تعزيز التعاون الشراكة بين الشرياط الساحلي 1 الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000 - والسالمة للصيادين 9,245,000 تحديث نظام المعلومات السمكية برامج تشاورية وتعبوية وتوعوية 9,245,000 تسهيالت الشبكة تح ر الدوار، 9,245,000 3.2 منشآت لتصنيع مواد التعبئة والتغليف 6 القطاعين العام تقييم االحتياجات ، برامج وورش عمل ومؤتمرات تشاورية صياغة قانون االستزراع السمكي 2 سي9,245,000ن ال 3 2 إنشاء أنظمة والمرافق خدمات دعم الشرط 6.0 - 1.0 1 الشرياط الساحلي تعاون 0 1.0 اجتماعات وورش عمل 0.5 9,245,000 والخاص 9,245,000 الشرياط الساحلي تسهيل نقل التكنولوجيا األساسية 1 الساحلي 1.0 الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000 - دراسات توفير ادوات االمن والسالمة للصيادين - القطاع السمكي االصطياد - 8 قاعدة بيانات شاملة برامج تدريبية ومطبوعات 1.5 برامج للرقابة والرصد 1 تجريبية - الشرياط الساحلي الوطني9,245,000 واالقليمي 3.0 الخدمية منشآت لتصنيع أعالف األسماك 1 برامج تعاونية إقليمية ودولية في مجال البحوث الشرياط الساحلي 2 2.0 دراسات استقصائية والقوارب وعدة - الشرط 6.0 مؤتمرات وورش عمل وبرامج تشاورية وتوعوية وتعبوية االجهزةاتصاالت - والتسهيالت ، انظمة 2.0 9,245,000 الصيد الساحلي 9,245,000 الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000 - 1.0 والدولي في مجال 2 - تأ 9,245,000 المساعدة الفنية الهادفة الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000 8.0 القطاع السمكي - االدارة المشتركة لمصايد االسماك خطة إستراتيجية لتنمية إنشاء صندوق للتمويل األصغر - سيس 1 1.0 مبادرات للشراكات 9,245,000 2.0 1.0 صن 1 اعادة تأهيل وانشاء 300 الشرياط الساحلي المشاريع الصغيرة إنشاء مزارع رائدة في دوق الشرياط الساحلي مكافحة القرصنة في 1 إنشاء وحدات للتخزين البارد في مراكز االنزال الشرط واإلدارة المجتمعية 1.0 الشرياط الساحلي - للتم 9,245,000 اسطول انقاذ القطاع السمكي 9,245,000 15 والمتوسطة تقييم 9,245,000 ويل ا إنشاء وحدات إنتاجية الشرياط الساحلي البحر 2.0 ا ل ش ري ط مرافققققققق تشققققققغيلية وشققققققبكات )مراكققققققز 0.5 الساحلي 1 الص - الساحلي 6 - مجلس تنسيق - غر ال مكافحة القرصنة التحليل الدقيق للبيانات وتوزيعها وكسب التأييد االنزال ومركز نظام المعلومات 1 9,245,000 -تشجيع القطاع الخاص دوار 1 1.5 برامج وورش عمل ومؤتمرات تشاورية الشرياط الساحلي مواقع رائدة في عدن والحديدة والمكال الشرياط الساحلي - 1.0 9,245,000 1.0 9,245,000 الشرط 300 على االستثمار 15.0 9,245,000 9,245,000 الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000 القطاع السمكي الساحلي تأسيس صندوق للتمويل االصغر الدوار 1 2 - 5 0.3 نظقام تطققوير قواعقد البيانققات / بققرامج - 1.0 الشرياط الساحلي 1.0 10 1 9,245,000 2.25 المعارض الدولية 9,245,000 1.3 الشر 2 الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000 - الشرياط الساحلي - 9,245,000 مبادرات رائدة الدارة مراكز االنزال وتوسيعها ط 9,245,000 6 الشرياط الساحلي للتوعيةلتحليققل وكسب البيانققات / التأييدمطبوعققات / مققواد الساحلي 3 7.3 أولوية االحتياجات / سياسة وإطار المشاريع الصغيرة والمتوسطة 20 - برامج الدعم الفني والتدريب الهادف 2 اجتماعات ورش عمل تشاورية - - مبادرات رائدة )بما في ذلك برامج لالدارة المجتمعية( مبادرات رائدة 9,245,000 1.0 خدمات دعم 1.5 9,245,000 2.0 الجوالت الدراسية وتبادل الدراسات القطاع السمكي 3 1.0 مرافق رائدة لتصنيع القوارب 12 9,245,000 10.0 الشرياط الساحلي 10.0 الشرط 2 9,245,000 الشرياط الساحلي الشريط الساحلي االصطياد ، سلسلة 9,245,000 4.5 5 الشرياط الساحلي 15 2 2.0 الساحلي 30.0 9,245,000 31 القيمة ، التسويق - - الشرياط الساحلي 1 34 - الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000 - والتصدير 3.0 مصانع إلنتاج أدوات الصيد 1 0.25 9,245,000 9,245,000 الشرط 12.0 الشرياط الساحلي 15 2.0 1 9,245,000 - 5.0 36 الشرياط الساحلي 9,245,000 37 الساحلي 33 9,245,000 1.3 9,245,000 15.0 - 5.0 - 1 1 - 2 الشر 5 4 9,245,000 9,245,000 20.0 إعادة تأهيل االسواق المحلية واسواق التصدير ط 9,245,000 1.0 0 - - - الساحلي 1.0 1 1.0 2 10.0 1.0 - 2.0 - 11.0 35 4.0 3 الشرط 9,245,000 6.0 مبادرات رائدة )أسواق محلية نموذجية ( منافذ لمراكز التصدير الساحلي 0.0 1.0 2.0 2 اسواق اسماك في المناطق الريفية والنائية الشرط 9,245,000 3.0 الساحلي 1.0

3 3.0 9,245,000

الشرياط الساحلي - 1 32 3.0 9,245,000

- 2 Projects and strategic Plan 2020-20301.0 - 2.0 The Role of Civil Society in Reviving the Fisheries Sector In light of the difficult economic conditions that Yemen is going through as a result of the conflict for the sixth year respectively. Despite the scarcity of resources, the civil society, local and international organizations and the Ministry of Fisheries continue to intensify their efforts to restart activities in the Marine Biology Sector Voice of Hope” collected some of the activities and projects presented by“ organizations to the fisheries sector in Yemen, explaining their type, places of implementation, the implementation budget for each project, the views of the beneficiaries of the implemented projects, and the presentation of the comprehensive strategic plan for Yemen’s needs for infrastructure .projects 2020-2030

By: Rajaa Mukred- Dr. Abdul-Salam Al-Kouri (a fisheries spe- them at one stage, but the support is currently the ministry’s employees, in return, the organi- In addition, in 2020, the field medical - in Sawt Al-Amal (Voice of Hope) cialist at the FAO): The latest projects imple- cut off due to the conflict. The last support was zation agreed to implement the project within stitution in Hadhramaut governorate provided mented by the organization were the rehabil- a year or more ago, and the fishermen in the the framework of rebuilding the fish landing support for 500 families from the Mayfa re- itation of fish landing centers in the districts area did not benefit from it in a clear and ef- centers in Khanfar district, Abyan governorate. gion with sums of money for a period of two The Yemen Livelihood and Human Secu- of Dhubab and Al Makha in Taiz governorate. fective way. The project is being followed - up. The Minis- months and delivered 166 fishing nets, -con rity (YLHS) project He confirmed that there are upcoming projects On Hanjaleh’s question about the fishing try is following up (Development of Coastal tainers, life jackets, and 75 depth detectors to Abdul Rahman Al-Saidi, the Acting Un- that will be implemented with the World Bank nets that were supplied to the fishermen, he Communities in All of Yemen) project, which 225 fishermen. dersecretary of the Planning and Projects Sec- in Shabwa and Hodeidah. He adds: Fishing replied: “great damage was done to them as will be implemented by the French organiza- tor at the Ministry of Fisheries), says: “The nets, fish preservation boxes, and life jackets the nets they received were kept in storage tion Action Against Hunger. The project- in Fish Farming (Livelihoods) project was implemented by were distributed to fishermen. for three years, then taken out in 2020 and ex- cludes three main components: fish guidance, Abdul Rahman Al-Saidi (Acting Undersec- the Food and Agriculture Organization of the Regarding the challenges, Al- Kouri says: posed to the sun. As a result, fishermen could capacity building of fishing associations, and retary of the Planning and Projects Sector at United Nations (FAO), in partnership with They were unable to rehabilitate some of the not take advantage of, except that they were support of fishermen in fish landing centers the Ministry of Fisheries) said: “The ministry Ghadaq Foundation for Development that landing centers in Taiz governorate because turned into a pillow put under their heads so with equipment for handling and preserving was interested in fish farming, thus took mea- was responsible for the process of distribut- the centers were used in the conflict. So, they that they and their families could sleep in their marine products.” sures, including: conducting studies related to ing during the period 2019-2020. The project had to build new landing centers in different living quarters near the coast. aquaculture and a preliminary study for the es- was concerned with fishery production inputs places in the governorate. In a sad voice, Ismail Hanjaleh asks him: Supporting Fishermen in the Gulf of tablishment of floating ponds for aquaculture within the framework of Project (802). In the Voice of Hope obtained a copy of the latest “What does a fisherman do with a fishing net Aden and Hadramout in salt water. As a first experiment, the (Al-Mu- first phase, 6,300 beneficiaries were provided assessment report conducted by the Fisheries without a boat, gasoline or a machine?” He A report issued in 2020 by the General Au- tarib farm) was opened in the Al-Kadan area, with production means and equipment such as Planning and Projects Sector at the Ministry of asserts that the nets distributed by the organi- thority for Fisheries in the Gulf of Aden (Aden Bajel District in Al-Hodeidah Governorate, safety boxes and fishing nets in the districts of Fisheries for the year 2018-2020. According zations were just four nets shared by five fish- - Abyan - Lahij) explained the role of orga- working on the production of tilapia fish, and Al-Luhia, Beit Al-Faqih and Bajil in Hodeidah to the report, the Ministry obtained funding ermen, knowing that one fishing boat needs nizations in supporting the fisheries sector in the second experiment in August 2020, in the Governorate. from the Agricultural and Fisheries Production 20-25 nets - according to him. various fields. The report indicated that CARE same area in fresh water.” He added, that the project implemented by Promotion Fund at a total cost of 81,500,000 On his part, Ahmed Dhabeeb (hunter) says: contributed to the project to save lives by reha- He added that the (Mariculture/ Marine FAO targeted 1,450 young fishermen by sup- riyals to establish five fish landing centers in The damage caused by the conflict to the fish- bilitating conflict-affected homes, through four Farming) project will be implemented in the porting them with fishing equipment: (fishing the areas of (Al- Araj, Al-Salif, Al-Harounia, ermen was great. Fishermen have been victims associations in the Shuqra area, Abyan gover- districts of Mokha and Al Khawkha, funded by nets, boats, engines, marine safety equipment, Bin Abbas, Al-Luhayyah) in Al-Hodeidah or their boats have been destroyed. This, made norate. It targeted 500 fishermen by providing the German DKH and in partnership with the fish preservation boxes) in the Salif and Kama- Governorate. them and their families flee to Sana’a. He a cash support of 50 dollars, and distributed Abs Foundation, through the establishment of ran districts. According to the report, studies have been pointed out that no compensation was given to life jackets, fishing nets, ropes and fishing net six floating cage sites for mariculture. Al-Saidi confirms that the organization conducted for the implementation of the proj- the fishermen, and most of them do not receive floats to 250 fishermen. He emphasized that the fisheries sector did has implemented two training programs for ect, which will contribute to covering the defi- relief aid. It is necessary for the organizations The report indicated that the Norwegian not receive sufficient support to fund humani- fishermen in the field of livelihoods. The first cit caused by the inability of fishermen to land to look at the groups eligible for support and to Refugee Council presented several programs tarian response plans, like other sectors, so the program targeted 250 fishermen in Hodeidah and market their fishery products as a result record the new data as a result of the continua- in Aden and Lahj in 2019, which included support was very limited, and that there are Governorate, by training them in the areas: of the destruction of many of them due to the tion of the conflict. a partial rehabilitation process for the Aldo programs implemented in Aden Governorate (safe fish handling, maritime security and conflict. The report also stated that the project Kiard Center in Al Mualla district at a total cost through the concerned authorities. safety, preparing TOT trainers, methods of tender was announced, and the construction of Human Capacity Building Project in of $37,605, a partial rehabilitation of the Cen- Finally, with the deterioration that occurred preserving fish).The second program also tar- the landing sites was completed, as in August Fisheries Sector tral Laboratory for Fish Quality in Al Tawahi as a result of the conflict, the efforts of soci- geted 1,540 beneficiaries, including fish asso- 2020, work began on the construction of the According to the achievement report of the District (Hajeef) at a cost of 8,249 dollars, a ety and organizations sought to try to restore ciations and employees of the General Author- sale yard of the Salif landing center. Planning and Projects Sector at the Ministry of partial rehabilitation of the coastal women’s remaining fisheries infrastructure to boost the ity for Fisheries and fishermen, through the Fisheries, December 2020, we came to know center in the village of Fakam, Al-buraiqah dis- sector’s productivity, even with the easiest implementation of courses: (safe fish handling, Beneficiaries’ Opinions that “Human Capacity Building Project in trict at a cost of 15,856 dollars, and a rehabil- necessary needs. The results of the evalua- maritime safety and security, fish statistics,- re Ismail Hanjaleh (the sheikh of fishermen Fisheries Sector was implemented in coordi- itation of Al Houta market in Al-Waht district tion report on the level of achievement at the habilitation of fishery associations, training of in the Southern Murabba District - Hodeidah nation between the Ministry of Fisheries and at a cost of 30,605 dollars. In 2020, the council Ministry of Fisheries during the period 2018- trainers for administrative leadership). Governorate), says: “The conditions of the CARE International, provided that, the min- supervised the organization of training courses 2020, that the amount of operating expenses fishermen are difficult, the Austrian relief- or istry will prepare a project proposal that will for fishermen in the field of quality preserva- that were monitored amounted to only 600,000 Establishing Five Landing Centers Project ganization and CARE International supported contribute to rehabilitating the capabilities of tion and proper landing. riyals. Fishing Industries in Yemen... between Ambitions and Reality meni fish products. The number of factories modern methods of the type of Yellowfin tuna fish resources, especially tuna and sardines, pate. It reflected an important turning point structural challenges that have limited its have thus increased from 3 to 49, in addition (Thamad) that characterizes the Arabian Sea. which are among the best types of fish. This in the economic growth of the city and the production and potential contributions to the to four fish canning factories with a freezing It achieves large returns in hard currencies made the state issue a directive to establish fishermen as the majority of the people of the national economy, and that the private sector capacity of 1,213 tons and a storage capacity that contribute to supporting development the factory to take advantage of the abun- area practice fishing as their main profession. infrastructure has suffered from low levels of of 47,505 tons. programs in the country. dance of fish and to give the city’s residents a Challenges development, in addition to the lack of inter- Al-Koni stressed that these factories have Ahmed Mohamed (one of the factory chance to work, according to the information The economist Abbas Al-Mashreqi says: est in developing human capabilities that sig- made a huge contribution to the employment workers): The factory is currently going available on the official website of the man- The conflict in the country has led to the nificantly contributed to increased challenges. of a number of working force. The fisheries through various challenges due to the general ufacturer. emergence of challenges for the fishing indus- Due to the importance of the role of the sector is one of the productive sectors that situation of the country. The factory has sus- In an explanatory report for the factory, it tries. The absence of support from the public private sector, within the framework of the achieve economic diversification in the coun- pended many of the benefits and rights of the was stated that most of the factory’s- opera and private sectors, the fish sector’s lack of initiative to reimagine the economy of Ye- try. workers due to a decrease in the volume of tional machines were supported by Japan. storage facilities, receiving centers, means men; an expanded meeting that included a A Glimpse at the Most revenues. The factory began producing two types of of power generation and the full experience number of experts and specialists in the fish Important Factories fish (tuna and sardines) in large quantities, of workers in how to use modern technolog- sector, was held in Hadhramout governor- Al-Mukalla Fish Canning Factory (Al- Shuqrah Fish Canning Factory with a production rate of nearly five tons per ical means, were reflected in the workflow in ate in 2019 to discuss the challenges facing Gwaizi) is one of the oldest and most famous It was established in 1976 in the village of year. The number of essential workers in the those factories, most of which became unable the sector, to stress the need for cooperation factories specialized in canning high-quality Shuqrah, which geographically belongs to the factory reached 120 male and female work- to meet quality standards, whether in the local between the government, the private sector, fish in the Middle East, and the first of its kind Abyan governorate located east of the city of ers, in addition to the daily wage workers, or foreign market. fishing communities, educational institutions in the Arabian Peninsula. The factory was es- Zinjibar and is under Khanfar district. approximately 70 to 100 workers from the In a study published by the Sana’a- Cen and international actors, and to achieve sus- tablished on November 30, 1969, and is It is characterized by the increase in the most needy families from Shuqrah. The fac- ter for Strategic Studies in 2019, it was stat- tainable development and recover from the specialized in exporting and canning fish by amounts of fish caught and the abundance of tory gave women an opportunity to partici- ed that the fish sector in Yemen faces many effects of the current conflict. Sawt 14 Visions of Youth Issue No (15) - 1 / 9 / 2021 Voice of Hope Contribution of Fisheries to Job Creation for Young People One of the main determinants of the importance of any sector in the service of sustainable development is the extent to which it is able to include the largest possible number of workers and provide job opportunities, particularly, for young people in order to reduce unemployment and develop skills and capabilities. The fisheries sector in Yemen greatly contributes to providing job opportunities for young people and improving their economic situa- tion in the required manner, which helps to achieve sustainable food security. There are also supportive bodies that seek to target young fishermen by training and qualifying them in courses that develop their capabilities and enable them to develop themselves in this field.

By: Hanin Al-Wahsh and those who live on the coastal strip. Sawt Al-Amal (Voice of Hope) Therefore, the fisheries sector is highly important in employing and attracting young people who have been neglected Within the framework of the role pro- by many sectors. vided by the General Authority for Fish- He affirms: that the fisheries sector eries in the Gulf of Aden (Aden, Abyan is one of the promising and renewable and Lahij), Engineer Nael Al-Srouri, sectors to achieve economic diversifica- General Director of Fish Ports and Land- tion in the country, create renewable job ing Centers in the authority “, reviews for opportunities, achieve the desired eco- “Voice of Hope”: “the most prominent nomic growth in case of harnessing the services that are provided to fishermen available information to assess the fish- by communicating with associations that ery stock, and activate the role of associ- study the needs of fishermen and then ations and cooperatives. present them to the Ministry which, in Voice of Hope obtained a copy of the turn, provides the necessary support for report of the General Authority for Fish- fishermen through the coordination with eries in the Red Sea (Hajjah, Hodeidah organizations.” and Taiz) for the year 2020. The report Al- Srouri points out that the number indicates that the number of fish asso- of fishermen in the Gulf of Aden reached ciations in the Red Sea reached 68, the about 5,067 owner fishermen and two dis- number of boats reached 10,332, and the tributors, distributed among 17 associa- number of fishermen reached 46,334 in tions in Aden. the coasts of the Red Sea. United Nations Development Program For Abyan Governorate, the number Organizations Supporting Fishermen in Yemen has contributed, through the of associations is 13, and the number of In light of the current conditions that Livelihood and Capacity Building Proj- “One of the fishermen is 7000. In Lahj, there are only the country is going through, the Minis- ect for small-scale fishermen who are the five associations, and the number of fish- try of Agriculture and Fisheries has cre- heads and breadwinners for their families problems and ermen is about 3000. ated a partnership with various support- in the cities of Aden and Hadhramout He adds: The fisheries are a major ive parties to contribute to the revival of (2020-2022), in rebuilding livelihood obstacles we face, source of job opportunities for many the fisheries sector by presenting several opportunities for families affected by the young people. The governorate of Aden special projects in the Gulf of Aden and conflict in the fishery sector, supporting most of the time, has made great strides in working in the the Arabian Sea. families to improve their social condi- fisheries sector which is a renewable sec- According to a report issued by the tions and Adopting three strategies that as fishermen is tor; most of those who practice fishing the ministry in 2020 on the role of orga- provide self-education opportunities for are young people, university graduates, the inaction of nizations in supporting fishermen, “the small-scale fishermen in the field of -re Engineer Nael Al-Srouri, pair and maintenance, providing assets to General Director of Fish Ports and associations; the improve access to fish, and building the Landing Centers in the authority capacity and skills of organizing small fishermen’s needs business.” progress of work is the rise in the price The report indicated: “the project tar- of fishery production supplies and equip- are not equitably geted small- scale fishermen, traders, ment and the price of fuels, which cause markets and the Association of Fish, a large gap that cannot be bridged. distributed.” whose number in the two governorates He stressed the need to control and reached 1,000 beneficiaries in skills of regulate the activities of international building fisheries assets, and 1,000 ben- organizations supporting fishermen in eficiaries in building entrepreneurial ca- accordance with a clear working mech- iated with the Rambo Bay Fishermen pabilities. In addition, 500 initial grants anism through which the needs of fisher- Co-operative in Al-Tawahi District, says: were distributed to support small busi- men are correctly identified in advance, The most important needs and demands nesses, providing 100 boats and engines thus contributing to and benefiting from that the fisherman seeks is to provide fish- and 500 fishing nets, with a budget of the process of catching fish, and improv- ing equipment to be able to carry out his 3,520,849 US dollars. ing the living and professional situation work in a safe manner. Despite constant The Small and Micro Enterprise Pro- of the fisherman. calls for the associations to respond to our motion Service (SMEPS) also provided demands no one listen. The distribution support to 215 fishermen in Hadhramaut Fishermen’s Problems of equipment continues to be unfair. Governorate in 2020, with various equip- “Mohammed Saeed Sayyad, 65 years ment: boats, engines, nets, containers and old, one of the fishermen in the Brega Youth Aspirations GPS area, says: I have been working in fish- Young people are not only satisfied The report also mentioned that the Ku- ing since I was young. Now, I have three with fishing, but also have common as- wait Society for Relief provided in 2021 children, one of them works with me in pirations to develop their knowledge five large boats for 50 fishermen on the this field. Fishing is the only source of through the study of the seas and its hid- coast of Hadhramaut. my livelihood. The percentage of profit den sciences. Associations Supporting Fishermen varies every day, as it is not fixed. Some- Karim Al-Haddad, 20 years old, from “Hashem Al-Rabea, a public relations times the profit per day may reach 200 Aden Governorate, says that fishery consultant and officer in the Sira Gulf thousand riyals, and sometimes we return production is one of the most important Fishermen’s Fish Production Cooper- without any gain. axes in the fisheries sector, its importance ative Societies, and a fisherman in the He adds: There are many problems increases amid the economic crisis that Sirah area,” says: The number of own- and obstacles we face, most of the time, the country has been witnessing recently. ers and individual fishermen affiliated as fishermen, represented in the inaction It also constitutes a major asset in- sup with the association is about 843 fisher- of associations most of the time, the un- plying the national economy with hard men in Aden. One of our most important equal distribution of support according to currency, which must be taken care of in tasks is to call for support and assistance the fishermen’s needs, and the continu- order to rise again. through alleviating the suffering of the ous increase of exchange rate. He stressed that one of the most- im affected fishermen and those in need to In order to find solutions to these prob- portant problems facing the fisheries the concerned authorities in the Ministry lems, a fisherman proposes the establish- sector is the lack of a private academic of Fisheries. Accordingly, the Ministry ment of a monitoring committee on fish- college that teaches and bring out a spe- gives directions and provides the neces- ermen’s associations to ensure that each cialized cadre familiar with this sector, sary support to the fishermen. fisherman receives his own needs. and the lack of interest in developing pri- He adds: Among the most prominent Salam Ali, 45 years old, from Aden vate institutes for this sector by the state difficulties and obstacles that affect the Governorate, one of the fishermen affil- and the supporting bodies. Sawt Issue No (15) - 1 / 9 / 2021 15 Voice of Hope

Variaties In Yemen املصدر : Fishوزارة الثروة السمكية

» Name(English) : YELLOBELLY THREADFIN » Name(English) : GOLDEN SCAD BREAM » Name(English) : TOLI NEEDLE, SCALED » Name(English) : DUSKY JACK » Name(English) : GIANT CATFISH » Name(English) : MILKFISH BONY SALMON » Scientific Name : ALEPES KALLA » Scientific Name : NEMIPTERUS BATHYBIUS QUEENFISH » Scientific Name : CARANX SEXFASCIATUS » Scientific Name : ARIUS THALASSINUS اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻴﺎض) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻴﺎض) :Scientific Name : CHANOS CHANOS »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (آﻤﻞ) :Scientific Name : SCOMBEROIDES TOLI »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ ﺳﻨﺔ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺟﺪب) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻣﺮواح/ﺑﺎزﻳﺪ) :Local Name«

» Name(English) : JAPANESE THREADFIN » Name(English) : INDIAN DRIFT FISH BREAM » Name(English) : DORAB WOLFHERRING » Name(English) :YELLOWFIN JACK » Name(English) : BIGEYE SCAD » Name(English) : BLACKFIN SCAD » Scientific Name : ARIOMMA INDICA » Scientific Name : NEMIPTERUS JAPONICUS » Scientific Name : CHIROCENTRUS DORAB » Scientific Name : SELAR » Scientific Name : CARANX IGONBILIS اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻴﺎض) :Scientific Name : ALEPES MELANOPTERA »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻴﺎض) :Local Name« CRUMENOPHTHAMUS اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻣﺨﻨﻴﻒ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻋﻨﺪق/اﺑﻮ ﺳﻨﺔ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻴﺎض) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺟﺪب) :Local Name« » Name(English) : KONOSHIRO GIZZARD » Name(English) : ORNATE THREADFIN SHAD » Name(English) : REDTAIL SCAD BREAM » Scientific Name : CLUPANODON » Name(English) : BLACK-BACKED » Scientific Name : NEMIPTERUS HEXODON » Name(English) : OXEYE SCAD » Scientific Name : DECAPTERUS NEEDLEFISH PUNCTATUS KURROIDES Scientific Name : SELAR BOOPS » Name(English) : YELLOWTAIL SCAD » Scientific Name : TYLOSURUSACUS « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ ﺳﻨﺔ) :Local Name« Scientific Name : ALTULE MAT MELANOTUS « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻴﺎض) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺟﺪب) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺳﺎردﻳﻦ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ ﻣﻨﻘﺎر) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻴﺎض) :Local Name« » Name(English) : PALEFINNED THREADFIN BREAM » Name(English) : RAINBOW SARDINE » Name(English) : RAINBOW RUNNER » Scientific Name : NEMIPTERUS » Scientific Name : DUSSUMIERIA ACUTA » Name(English) : YELLOW STRIPE » Scientific Name : ELAGATIS BIPINNULATA » Name(English) : CLEFT BELLY TREVALLY » Name(English) : LARGE TOOTH FLOUNDER Scientific Name : ATROPUS ATROPUS » Scientific Name : PSEUDORHOMBUS « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻇﺒﻲ) :TREVALLY »Local Name اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺳﺎردﻳﻦ) :MARGINATUS »Local Name ARSIUS اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻴﺎض) :Scientific Name : SELAROIDES LEPTOLEPI »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ ﺳﻨﺔ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻴﺎض) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻣﺪاس) :Local Name« » Name(English) : BLUE SCALED HERRING » Name(English) : DOUBLE WHIP TREADFIN » Name(English) : GOLDEN TOOTHLESS BREAM » Scientific Name : HARENGULA ZUNASI TREVALLY Name(English) : GREATER AMBERJACK « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺳﺎردﻳﻦ) :Local Name« » Scientific Name : NEMIPTERUS » Scientific Name : SERIOLA DUMERILI » Scientific Name : GNATHANODON » Name(English) : BIGTOOTH POMFRET SPECIOSUS » Name(English) : LONGNOSE TREVALLY » Scientific Name : BRAMA JAPONICA اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻴﺎض) :NEMATOPHORUS »Local Name اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻴﺎض) :Scientific Name : CARANGOIDES »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻴﺎض) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ ﺳﻨﺔ) :Local Name« CHRYSOPHRYS » Name(English) : INDIAN ILISHA اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻴﺎض) :Name(English) : REDSPINE THREADFIN »Local Name « » Scientific Name : ILISHA INDICA اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻋﻴﺪة) :BREAM »Local Name » Scientific Name : NEMIPTERUS NEMURUS » Name(English) : BLACK BANDED TREVALLY » Name(English) : HARDTAIL SCAD Scientific Name : MEGALASPIS CORDYLA » Name(English) : THREADFIN TREVALLY « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ ﺳﻨﺔ) :Local Name« » Scientific Name : SERIOLINA » Scientific Name : ALECTIS CILIARIS اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻴﺎض) :NIGROFASCIATA »Local Name اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻴﺎض) :Name(English) : REEVES SHAD »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻴﺎض) :Name(English) : ROSY THREADFIN BREAM » Scientific Name : MACRURA REEVESIL »Local Name « Name(English) : MALABAR TREVALLY « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻋﻴﺪة/ﺳﺎردﻳﻦ) :Scientific Name : NEMIPTERUS PERONII »Local Name «

Scientific Name : CARANGOIDES « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ ﺳﻨﺔ) :Local Name« » Name(English) : SPOTTED POMPANO » Name(English) : TALANG QUEEN FISH MALABARICUS اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻴﺎض) :Scientific Name : SCOMBEROIDES »Local Name « » Scientific Name : TRACHINOTUS BAILLONI » Name(English) : INDIAN THREADFIN » Name(English) : GOLD STRIPE 250-350MM COMMERSONIANUS TREVALLY اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (دراب) :Name(English) : NOTCHED THREADFIN SARDINELLA »Local Name « Scientific Name : ALECTIS INDICA « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺻﻔﺎﻃﻢ) :BREAM »Local Name اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻴﺎض) :Scientific Name : SARDINELLA GIBBOSA »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻋﻴﺪة/ﺳﺎردﻳﻦ) :Scientific Name : NEMIPTERUS TOLU »Local Name « Name(English) : YELLOW SPOTTED « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ ﺳﻨﺔ) :Local Name« » Name(English) : ORIENTAL FLYING TREVALLY GURNARD » Name(English) : DOUBLE DOTTED » Scientific Name : CARANGOIDES FERDAU » Name(English) : BANDED SCAD Scientific Name : ALEPES DJEDDABA « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻴﺎض) :Name(English) : GOLDEN THREADFIN » Name(English) : SPOTTED SARDINELLA » Scientific Name : DACTYLOPTERA QUEENFISH »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻴﺎض) :BREAM » Scientific Name : SARDINELLA SIRM ORIENTALIS » Scientific Name : SCOMBEROIDES LYSAN »Local Name اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻴﺎض) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺳﻤﻚ اﻟﻄﺎﺋﺮ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺳﺎردﻳﻦ) :Scientific Name : NEMIPTERUS VIRGATUS »Local Name «

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وزارة اﻟﺜﺮوة اﻟﺴﻤﻜﻴﺔ

اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ ﺳﻨﺔ) :Local Name« » Name(English) : BLUE AND GOLD FUSILIER » Name(English) : LONGFIN SILVER BIDDY » Name(English) : SPADE FISH » Name(English) : SPECKLED TONGUE SOLE » Name(English) : BLACKSPOT THREADFIN Scientific Name : PENTAPRION » Scientific Name : EPHIPPUS ORBIS » Scientific Name : CYNOGLOSUS ROBUSTUS « وزارة اﻟﺜﺮوة اﻟﺴﻤﻜﻴﺔ Scientific Name : CAESIO CAERULAUREUS « » Scientific Name : POLYNEMUS SEXTARIUS اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻋﻴﺴﺔ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻟﺴﺎن اﻟﺜﻮر) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺣﻼوة) :LONGIMANUS »Local Name اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻴﺎض) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻟﺠﻴﺞ) :Local Name«

» Name(English) : MONOCLE BREAM » Scientific Name : SCOLOPSIS MONOGRAMA » Name(English) : JOB FISH » Name(English) : COMMON DOLPHIN Scientific Name : PRISTIPOMOIDES » Name(English) : BOMBAY DUCK » Scientific Name : CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS » Name(English) : SILVER GRUNT « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻧﺴﺎر) :Local Name« Scientific Name : POMADASYS HASTA « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (دوﻟﻔﻴﻦ) :FILAMENTOSUS » Scientific Name : HARPADON NEHEREUS » Name(English) : ROUND BATFISH »Local Name اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﻟﻨﺎﻗﻢ) :Scientific Name : PLATAX ORBICULARIS »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﺮم) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ ﺳﻨﺔ/ﻋﻨﺘﻖ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺣﻼوة) :Name(English) : LATTICE MONOCLE »Local Name « BREAM » Name(English) : COMMERSON'S ANCHOVY » Scientific Name : SCOLOPSIS » Name(English) : SHARPTOOTH JOB FISH » Name(English) : BASS SEACHUB » Scientific Name : STOLEPHRUS TAENIOPTERUS » Scientific Name : PRISTIPOMOIDES TYPUS » Scientific Name : KYPHOSUS VAIGIENSIS COMMERSONII Name(English) : BLOCHED GRUNT « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (وزف) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻟﺠﻴﺞ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ ﺳﻨﺔ/ﺣﺮﺑﺖ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻧﺴﺎر) :Local Name« » Scientific Name : POMADASYS MACULATUS » Name(English) : YELLOWFIN FLYING FISH اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﻟﻨﺎﻗﻢ) :Name(English) : WHITECHEEK MONOCLE » Name(English) : CHINESE ANCHOVY »Local Name « » Name(English) : COMMON PONYFISH » Scientific Name : CYPSELURUS BREAM » Scientific Name : STOLEPHRUS CHINENSIS » Name(English) : BULLY MULLET » Scientific Name : LEIOGNATHUS EQUULUS » Scientific Name : SCOLOPSIS VOSMERI POECILOPTERUS اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (وزف) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻟﺠﻴﺞ) :Scientific Name : MUGIL CEPHALUS »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺳﻤﻚ اﻟﻄﺎﺋﺮ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻧﺴﺎر) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻋﺮﺑﻲ) :Local Name«

» Name(English) : PAINTED SWEETLIP » Name(English) : DASH AND DOT GOATFISH » Name(English) : SPLENDID PONYFISH » Name(English) : INDIAN ANCHOVY » Scientific Name : PLECTORHYNCHUS » Scientific Name : PARUPENEUS » Scientific Name : LEIOGNATHUS PICTUS BARBERINUS » Name(English) : BLACK POMFRET » Scientific Name : STOLEPHORUS INDICUS » Name(English) : SHUTTLES HOPPFISH SPLENDENS اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﻟﻨﺎﻗﻢ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻋﻴﺪة) :Scientific Name : FORMIO NIGER »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ ﺗﻤﺮة) :Scientific Name : PERIOPHTHALMUS »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻟﺠﻴﺞ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺣﻼوة) :CANTONENSIS »Local Name اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺗﻤﺴﺎح) :Local Name«

» Name(English) : RED MULLET GOATFISH » Name(English) : SPINED ANCHOVY » Name(Vietnamese) : CA PHEN KHOAI » Name(English) : SWEETLIP EMPEROR » Name(English) : RED BIGEYE » Scientific Name : LETHRINUS MINIATUS » Scientific Name : STOLEPHORUS TRI Scientific Name : PLECTORYNCHUS « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻋﻴﺪة) :Name(English) : BARTAIL FLATHEAD » Scientific Name : UPENEUS BENSASI »Local Name « MACRACANTHUS اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﻟﺸﻌﻮر) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ ﺗﻤﺮة /ﺳﻠﻄﺎن اﺑﺮاهﻴﻢ) :Scientific Name : PLATYCEPHALUS »Local Name « » Name(English) : SPOTTED GOBY اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﻟﻨﺎﻗﻢ) :INDICUS » Scientific Name : ACANTHOGOBIUS »Local Name اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ :Local Name« » Name(English) : GOLDBAND GOATFISH FSAVIMANUS Name(English) : LONGJAW THRYSSA « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﻟﻄﺎﺋﺮ) :Name(English) : REDSPOT EMPEROR »Local Name « » Scientific Name : UPENEUS MOLUCCENSIS » Scientific Name : THRISSA SETIROSTRIS Scientific Name : LETHRINUS LEUTJAN « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ ﺗﻤﺮة/ﺳﻠﻄﺎن اﺑﺮاهﻴﻢ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺳﺎردﻳﻦ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﻟﺸﻌﻮر) :Name(English) : STRIPPED CATFISH »Local Name « » Scientific Name : PLOTOSUS LINEATUS » Name(English) : MOONTAIL BIGEYE Name(English) : RABBIT FISH » Scientific Name : PLECTORYNCHUS « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺣﺎف) :Local Name« » Scientific Name : PROMETHICHTHYS » Name(English) : HAIRFIN ANCHOVY HAMRUR اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ ﻋﻴﻦ) :Name(English) : GRAY LARGE-EYE BREAM PROMETHEUS » Scientific Name : SEPITINNA TATY »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺳﺎرﻳﻦ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ارﻧﺐ) :Name(English) : FOURFINGER THREADFIN » Name(English) : YELLOW GOATFISH » Scientific Name : GYMNOCARANIUS »Local Name « » Scientific Name : ELEUTHERONEMA » Scientific Name : UPENEUS SULPHUREUS GRISEUS اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ ﺗﻤﺮة /ﺳﻠﻄﺎن اﺑﺮاهﻴﻢ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ ( ﺑﻴﺎض/ﻧﺴﺎر) :TETRADACTYLUS »Local Name Name(English) : WHIPFIN SILVER BIDDY « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ ﺷﺎرب) :Local Name« » Name(English) : SPOTTED SICKLEFISH » Name(English) : PURPLE SPOTTED BIGEYE » Name(English) : DARKBAND GOATFISH » Scientific Name : CERRES FILAMENTOSUS » Scientific Name : PLECTORYNCHUS Scientific Name : DREPANE PUNCTATA « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻟﺠﻴﺞ) :Name(English) : INDIAN THREADFIN »Local Name « TAYENUS اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺣﻼوة) :Scientific Name : UPENEUS TRAGULA » Name(English) : GOLD BAND FUSILIER »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ ﻋﻴﻦ) :Scientific Name : CAESIO CHRYSOZONA »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ ﺗﻤﺮة /ﺳﻠﻄﺎن اﺑﺮاهﻴﻢ) :Scientific Name : POLYNEMUS INDICUS »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ ﺷﺎرب) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻴﺎض) :Local Name«

وزارة اﻟﺜﺮوة اﻟﺴﻤﻜﻴﺔ وزارة اﻟﺜﺮوة اﻟﺴﻤﻜﻴﺔ وزارة اﻟﺜﺮوة اﻟﺴﻤﻜﻴﺔ وزارة اﻟﺜﺮوة اﻟﺴﻤﻜﻴﺔ اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (آﺸﺮ اﻟﺸﻌﺎب اﻟﻤﺮﺟﺎﻧﻴﺔ) :Local Name«5 » Name(English) : INDIAN HALIBUT Name(English) : LARGE YELLOW CROAKER « وزارة اﻟﺜﺮوة GROUPERاﻟﺴﻤﻜﻴﺔ Name(English) : GREAT BARRACUDA » Name(English) : BLEEKER'S GROUPER » Name(English) : BLACKSPOTT « » Scientific Name : SPHYAENA BARRACUDA » Scientific Name : EPINEPHELUS BLEEKERI » Scientific Name : EPINEPHELUS » Scientific Name : PSEUDOSCIAENA » Scientific Name : PSETTODES ERUMEI اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺳﺒﻂ/آﻠﺐ/ﻣﺪاس) :EPISTICTUS CROCEA »Local Name اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺧﻠﺨﻞ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻋﻘﺎم/ﻗﺪ) :Local Name« وزارة اﻟﺜﺮوة اﻟﺴﻤﻜﻴﺔ اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (آﺸﺮ/ﺧﻠﺨﻞ اﺳﻮد) :Local Name«

» Name(English) : GOLDEN RABBIFT FISH » Name(English) : BANDED BARRADUDA » Scientific Name : SIGANUS GUTTATUS Name(English) : BROWN-SPOTTED » Name(English) : ROCKFISH GROUPER » Name(English) : GREED-BACKED JEWFISH « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (زﻳﺰان) :Scientific Name : SPHYRAENA »Local Name « Name(English) : COBIA « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻋﻘﺎم/ﻗﺪ) :Local Name« GROUPER » Scientific Name : EPINEPHELUS MEGACHIR » Scientific Name : PSEUDOSCIAENA » Scientific Name : RACHYCENTRON SOLDADO CANADUM اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺧﻠﺨﻞ اﻟﺼﺨﻮر) :Scientific Name : EPINEPHEUS »Local Name «

اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺳﺨﻠﺔ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ :CHLOROSTIGMA »Local Name اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺧﻠﺨﻞ) :Name(English) : LONGSPINE SEAHORSE »Local Name « » Scientific Name : HIPPOCAMPUS HISTRIX Name(English) : SILVER SILLAGO « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻓﺮس اﻟﺒﺤﺮ) :Local Name« » Scientific Name : SILAGO SIHAMA » Name(English) : CHARCOAL GROUPER » Name(English) : GREEN BLOTCHED » Name(English) : MALABAR GROUPER » Name(English) : STRIPED GROUPER Scientific Name : CEPHALOPHOLIS PARROTFISH « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ ( ﺣﺎر ) :Local Name« » Scientific Name : EPINEPHELUS » Scientific Name : EPINEPHELUS PACHYCENTRON » Scientific Name : SCARUS GHOBBAN اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (درة/ﺣﺮﻳﺮ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (آﺸﺮ/ﺧﻠﺨﻞ/هﺎﻣﻮر) :MALABARICUS LATIFASCIATUS »Local Name اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (آﺸﺮ/ﺧﻠﺨﻞ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺧﻠﺨﻞ) :Local Name« » Name(English) : KING SOLDIER BREAM

» Scientific Name : AGRYROP SPINIFER Name(English) : BELANGER'S CROAKER « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻧﺴﺎر) :Local Name« » Name(English) : BLACK-TRIPPED » Name(English) : BLACKFIN GROUPER » Name(English) : VERMILION GROUPER » Scientific Name : JOHNIUS BELANGERII اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ :GROUPER » Scientific Name : TRISOTROPIS » Scientific Name : CEPHALOPHOLIS »Local Name » Name(English) : SILVER POMFRET » Scientific Name : EPINEPHELUS DERMOPTERUS MINIATA FASCIATUS اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻧﺎﺟﻞ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (آﺸﺮ/ﺧﻠﺨﻞ) :Scientific Name : STROMATEOIDIDES »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺧﻠﺨﻞ) :Local Name« ARGENTEUS » Name(English) : FLOWER CROAKER Scientific Name : NIBEA ALBIFLORA « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺣﻼوة) :Local Name« » Name(English) : LONG SPINE SEABREAM اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ :Name(English) : OVERCAST GOUPER »Local Name « » Scientific Name : EVYNNIS CARDINALIS » Name(English) : BROWNSPOTTED » Name(English) : YELLOW STRIPED GROUPER » Scientific Name : CEPHALOPHOLIS اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻧﺴﺎر) :Local Name« GROUPER BOENACK » Scientific Name : EPINEPHELUS » Scientific Name : DIPLOPRION اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (آﺸﺮ/ﺧﻠﺨﻞ/هﺎﻣﻮر) :Name(English) : CHINESE PMOFRET »Local Name « » Scientific Name : STROMATEOIDES CHLOROSTIGMA BIFASCIATUM » Name(English) : BROTCHED CROAKER Scientific Name : NIBEA MACULATA « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺧﻠﺨﻞ/اﺑﻮ ﺷﺮﻳﻂ اﺻﻔﺮ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺧﻠﺨﻞ/آﺸﺮ) :Local Name« CHINENSIS اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺣﻼوة) :Local Name« » Name(English) : GENUINE PORGY » Name(English) : SPOTTED GOURPER » Scientific Name : PAGROSOMORUS MAJOR » Name(English) : SIXBAR GROUPER » Scientific Name : EPINEPHELUS Name(English) : BANDED GROUPER « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻧﺴﺎر) :Local Name« » Scientific Name : EPINEPHELUS » Scientific Name : EPINEPHELUS AREOLATUS » Name(English) : TIGERTOOTH CRAKER Scientific Name : OTOLITHES RUBER « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (آﺸﺮ/ﺧﻠﺨﻞ) :Name(English) : SLENDER LIZARDFISH SEXFASCIATUS AMBLYCEPHALUS »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺧﻠﺨﻞ/آﺸﺮ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺧﻠﺨﻞ) :Scientific Name : SAURIDA ELONGATA »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﺮم) :Local Name« » Name(English) : YELLOWFIN SEABREAM » Scientific Name : SPARUS LATUS » Name(English) : EDGEBLACK GROUPER Name(English) : RED SPOTTED GROUPER » Scientific Name : EPINEPHELUS SUMMANA » Name(English) : BRONZE CROAKER « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺣﺮﺑﺖ) :Local Name« Scientific Name : OTOLITHOIDES « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (آﺸﺮ/ﺧﻠﺨﻞ) :Name(English) : GREATER LIZARDFISH » Name(English) : GREASY GROUPER » Scientific Name : EPINEPHELUS AKAARA »Local Name «

BIAURITUS اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺧﻠﺨﻞ /آﺸﺮ) :Scientific Name : EPINEPHELUS TAUVINA »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺷﻬﻮة) :Scientific Name : SAURIDA TUMBIL »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﺮم) :Local Name«

» Name(English) : YELLOWBACK SEABREAM » Scientific Name : TAIUS TUMIFRONS » Name(English) : YELLOW GROUPER » Name(English) : SPOTTED GROUPER » Name(English) : LEOPARD CORAL » Name(English) : SILVER CROAKER Scientific Name : EPINEPHELUS AWOARA » Scientific Name : EPINEPHELUS FARIO » Scientific Name : PENNAHIA ARGENTATA « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺣﺮﺑﺖ) :Name(English) : BRUSHTOOTH LIZARDFISH »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺧﻠﺨﻞ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻋﺪس) :GROUPER »Local Name اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ :Scientific Name : SAURIDA UNDOSQUAMIS » Scientific Name : PLECTROPOMUS »Local Name « LEOPARDUS اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﺮم) :Local Name«

وزارة اﻟﺜﺮوة اﻟﺴﻤﻜﻴﺔ وزارة اﻟﺜﺮوة اﻟﺴﻤﻜﻴﺔ وزارة اﻟﺜﺮوة اﻟﺴﻤﻜﻴﺔ وزارة اﻟﺜﺮوة اﻟﺴﻤﻜﻴﺔ

ﻋﺎﺋﻠﺔ ﺍﻟﺘﻮﻧﺔ ﺍﻟﺘﻮﻧﺔF:Scombridae ) TUNA ) وزارة اﻟﺜﺮوة اﻟﺴﻤﻜﻴﺔ Name(English) : BLUE MARLIN » Name(English) : FRIGATE MACKEREL « Name(English) : RUSSELL'S « وزارة اﻟﺜﺮوة اﻟﺴﻤﻜﻴﺔ » Name(English) : MOTTLED » Name(English) : BLUE SPOTTED » Scientific Name : MAKAIRA MAXARA » Scientific Name : AUXIS THAZARD EAGLE RAY SNAPPER اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ ( ﺗﻠﻴﺐ/ﺻﻨﻮﻓﺔ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻓﺮس) :STINGRAY »Local Name » Scientific Name : AETOBATUS » Scientific Name : DASYATIS » Scientific Name : LUTJANUS RUSSELLI NARINARI KUHLII » Name(English) : Chab MACKEREL » Name(English) : Yellowfin Tuna اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ :Scientific Name : Scomber japanicus » Name(English) : INDIAN MACKEREL » Scientific Name Thunnus Albacores »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻗﺪﻳﺪ) :Local Name« (ﺣﺒﻴﺮا/ﻗﻄﻤﻴﻤﻪ) Scientific Name : RASTRELLIGER « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺑﻄﺎﺑﻂ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﻟﺜﻤﺪ) ﺻﻔﺮاء اﻟﺰﻋﺎﻧﻒ :KANAGURTA »Local Name (ﻓﻬﻠﻮل)

اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ ( ﺑﺎﻏﺔ) :Local Name« » Name(English) : BLOOD SNAPPER » Name(English) : COWHEAD » Name(English) : PALE-EDGED » Name(English) : INDO PACIFIC » Scientific Name : LUTJANUS MACKEREL » Name(English) : Longtail Tuna SANGUINEUS اﻷﺳﻤﺎك اﻟﻐﻀﺮوﻓﻴﺔ(اﻟﻘﺮش) EAGLE RAY STINGRAY Sharks » Scientific Name :MYLIOBATIS » Scientific Name : DASYATIS » Scientific Name : RASTRELLIGER اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ :BRACHYSOMA »Local Name TOBIJEI ZUGEI » Scientific Name Thunnus Tonggol (ﻣﺮﺟﺎن) اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ ( ﺑﺎﻏﺔ) :Name(English) : WHITE CHECK »Local Name « (اﻟﺰﻳﻨﻮب) اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ :SHARK »Local Name اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻗﺪﻳﺪ) :Local Name« » Scientific Name : » Name(English) : BIGEYE TUNA CARCHARHINUS DUSSUMIERI (وﻃﻮاط) » Scientific Name : THUNNUS OBESUS » Name(English) : EMPEROR RED اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ ( ﺗﻮﻧﺔ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ :Local Name« SNAPPER Name(English) : Little Tuna » Scientific Name : LUTJANUS SEBAE « (ﻟﺨﻢ/ﻗﺮش) Name(English) : ZEBRA SHARK « » Name(English) : JAPANESE » Scientific Name : STEGOSTOMA » Name(English) : King Fish » Scientific Name Euthynnus affinis اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ :BUTTERFLY RAY » Scientific Name : Scomberomorus »Local Name اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﻟﺸﺮوة) اﻟﺘﻮﻧﺔ اﻟﻤﻨﻘﻄﺔ :FASCIATUM »Local Name (ﺧﻤﺒﻘﺎت/اﺑﻮ ﻗﻔﻞ) Scientific Name : GYMNURA Commersoni « » Name(English) : SPOTTAIL اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (دﻳﺮك) :JAPONICA SHARK »Local Name اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻗﺮش :Local Name«

: Scientific Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ :Local Name« /ﻣﻔﺮﺷﺔ) CARCHARHINUS SORRAH » Name(English) : INDO-PACIFIC SPANISH » Name(English) : BROWN STRIPE MACKEREL Skipjack Tuna Local Name: » Name(English) : SNAPPER« ﺳﻔﻦ) Scientific Name : SCOMBEROMORUS « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ Scientific Name : LUTJANUS VITTA « (ﻟﺨﻢ/ﺷﻌﻔﺔ) GUTTATUS » Scientific Name: Katsuwonous Pelamis اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺣﻨﺠﻮﻣﺮ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ ( ﺑﻄﺎﺑﻂ) :Name(English) : BEAKED »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﻟﻮﺛﺎﺑﺔ)ﺣﻘﻴﺒﺔ/ﺻﻨﻮﻓﺔ :GUITARF FISH » Name(English) : DEVIL RAY »Local Name » Scientific Name : RHINOBATOS » Scientific Name : MOBULA » Name(English) : SPOTTED » Name(English) : Sailfish SCHLEGELII DIABOLUS SHARK » Scientific Name : MUSTELUS » Scientific Name : Istiophorus platyperus » Name(English) : PINJALO SNAPPER MANAZO اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ :Local Name« Scientific Name : PINJALO PINJALO « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ ( اﺑﻮ ﺷﺮاع) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ :Local Name« (رﻗﻴﻄﺔ) (ﻗﻄﻘﻄﺔ) اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ :Name(English) : Gymnosarda unicolor »Local Name « Name(English) : Swordfish » Scientific Name: DOGTOOTH TUNA « (ﻟﺨﻢ/ﻗﺮش) ﻗﻼت) اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ ( زﻳﻨﻮب) Local Name« » Scientific Name : Xiphias gladius » Name(English) : SCALLOPED » Name(English) : JAPANESE » Name(English) : THRESHER HAMMER HEAD DEVIL RAY اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ ( ﻓﺮس) :SHARK »Local Name » Scientific Name : SPHYRNA » Scientific Name : MOBULA » Scientific Name : ALOPIAS Lutjanus quinquelineatus LEWINI JAPONICA PELAGICUS BLUE-LINED SNAPPER Name(English) : BROADBILL » Name(English) : WAHOO « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ :SWORDFISH » Scientific Name : ACANTHOCYBIUM »Local Name اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ(ﻗﺮش اﺑﻮ ﻣﻄﺮﻗﺔ/ﻗﺮﻳﻦ) Local Name« (ﻟﺨﻢ/ﺷﻮﻳﻂ) (ﻗﻠﻮان) Scientific Name : SIPIAS GLADIUS SOLANDRI « (رﻗﻴﻄﺔ) اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺳﻨﻚ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﻓﺮس):Local Name« وزارة اﻟﺜﺮوة اﻟﺴﻤﻜﻴﺔ وزارة اﻟﺜﺮوة اﻟﺴﻤﻜﻴﺔ وزارة اﻟﺜﺮوة اﻟﺴﻤﻜﻴﺔ Cephalopodae وزارة اﻟﺜﺮوة اﻟﺴﻤﻜﻴﺔ اﻟﻘﺸﺮﻳﺎت Crustacea ﻋﺎﺋﻠﺔ اﻟﺮﺧﻮﻳﺎت Name(English) : Sandbar « ﺛﺎﻧﻴﺎ: ﺍﳉﻤﱪﻱCRABS : Peneidae : shrimp Shark ﺛﺎﻟﺜﺎ: ﺍﺑﻮ ﻣﻘﺺ

Scientific Name : Carcharhinus « اوﻻ : اﻟﺸﺮوخ Name(English) : SQUID . Lobster « وزارة اﻟﺜﺮوة اﻟﺴﻤﻜﻴﺔ Name(English) : CUTTLEFISH « وزارة اﻟﺜﺮوة اﻟﺴﻤﻜﻴﺔ » Scientific Name : LOLIGO SP » Scientific Name : (Sepia » Name(English) : green tiger shrimp plumbeus » Name(English) : اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ(ﻟﺨﻢ/دﺟﻞ) pharaonis) » Name(English) : Blue Swimming Crab » Scientific Name: Penaeus semisulcatus »Local Name اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ ( ﺣﺒﺎر رﻓﻴﻊ) Local name « Scalloped Spiny Lobster :Scientific Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ ()) :Local name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺣﺒﺎ ر/ﺑﻨﺠﻴﺰ) : Local name « » Scientific Name : Portunus pelagicus Panulirus homarus

( اﻟﺸﺮوخ :Local name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ ﻣﻘﺺ) :Local Name« اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ اﻟﺼﺨﺮي ) Name(English) : SQUID « . » Scientific Name : LOLIGO SP » Name(English) : CUTTLEFISH Tiger Shrimp » Name(English) : Blacktip Reef » Name(English) : Shark Scientific Name : SEPIA Prashadi « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ ( ﺣﺒﺎر رﻓﻴﻊ) Local name « » Scientific Name: enaeus monodon » Name(English) : » Scientific Name : Carcharhinus Ornate Spiny Lobster اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺣﺒﺎ ر/ﺑﻨﺠﻴﺰ) Local name « mealanopterus اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ(ﻟﺨﻢ/هﻠﻜﺔ) Scientific Name: »Local Name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﻟﺠﻤﺒﺮي اﻟﺴﺎﺣﻠﻲ /زﻧﺠﺔ)) :Local name « Panulirus ornatus » Name(English) : Three Spotted Crab ( اﻟﺸﺮوخ :Local name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ اﻟﺼﺨﻴﺮي (اﻟﺸﻴﺦ)) Name(English) : Squid « » Scientific Name : LOLIGO SP » Scientific Name : Portunus Shrimp Name(English) :Indian White « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ ( ﺣﺒﺎر رﻓﻴﻊ) :Local name « » Name(English) : Whitecheek » Name(English) : SQUID sanguinolentus » Scientific Name: Penaeus indicus » Name(English) : Painted Spiny Lobster Shark » Scientific Name : LOLIGO SP Scientific Name: » Scientific Name : Carcharhinus « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (ﺟﻤﺒﺮي /زﻧﺠﺔ) :Local name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ (اﺑﻮ ﻣﻘﺺ) :Local Name« Panulirus Versicolor dussumieri اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ ( ﺣﺒﺎر رﻓﻴﻊ) :Local name « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ(ﻟﺨﻢ /ﻗﺮش)Local Name« اﻻﺧﻄﺒﻮط Octopus » Local name:

» Name(English) : Shrimp (اﻟﺸﺮوخ اﻟﺼﺨﻴﺮي (اﻟﺴﻠﻄﺎن)) Name(English) : Mud Crab » Scientific Name: Penaeus « اﻻﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﺤﻠﻲ Name(English) : Octopus Sp «

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Dr. Hana Rashid Ahmed Marine Science Authority. Fishery Resources … A Valuable Wealth The coasts of Yemen in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea are rich with a diverse and renewable fish re- sources that contributes to covering the local market with fish and exporting important types of fish and other marine species to international markets. Fisheries is not only an important source of food security, but an integrated economic activity. The fish sector supports nearly 10% of the total population; that is, about 250,000 fami- lies. However, the inadequacy of the sector in recent years due to high fuel prices, weakness in resource utilization potentials, and the shortage of electricity supply were reflected in the high operating costs and the lack of investments directed towards the sector, which led to the deterioration of fishermen’s income and the decrease in their standard of living. In another direction, there was a need to increase the quan- tities of catches to meet the living requirements. This led to an unsustainable exploitation of natural resources, which neg- atively affected the stock, coinciding with the weakness of the maritime control and inspection system and the increase in illegal and unlicensed fishing. At the post-catch level, value chain operations were hampered by high operating costs. The increase in demand over supply led to an unjustified increase in fish, which exceeds the purchasing power of most citizens. All of this and other need to reconsider the mechanism of man- aging the sector in a way parallel to pumping investments in underdeveloped areas , thus bringing about a paradigm shift for the sector, which will provide various job opportunities for youth employment and a wide sector of the population 84% Stress the Importance of the Impact of Fisheries The state in general has been busy, not taking advantage of the fishery sector. We know that the foreign funding, loans and grants that were pumped into the sector in the past 30 years did Revenues on Gross National Product (GNP) in Yemen not exceed $100 million, which is a small amount compared Sawt Al-Amal (Voice of Hope) - Special The results also shows that to the financial allocations provided to other sectors, which 88% of the participants say that contributed to keeping the infrastructure and the development The results of a public opinion the process of implementing leg- components neglected and leading to the low adequacy of the poll carried out by the Media De- islation which regulate fishing on fisheries sector. In order to achieve qualitative progress in the development partment of the Yemen Informa- the ground is not activated, and of the fisheries sector, the following steps should be taken: tion Center on the importance of 43 % of the participants say that 1- Re-establishing the fisheries administration and evaluat- fisheries in Yemen showed that the role of coastal women in the ing its performance. the extent of the impact of fisher- process of supporting the fisheries 2- Updating the national strategy for the development of ies revenues, if properly utilized, sector lies in the implementation the fisheries sector, addressing its main axes in the Ministry’s on the national product compared of their own small projects that programs and plans as they are prerequisites that have not been to oil wealth is very large, with contribute to supporting the sec- implemented, and making them a guide for the Ministry’s 84% of the respondents’ opinions. tor. work, even if leaders are changed, and circulating them to the 98% of the participants in the 93% of the participants af- Ministry of Planning and the Yemeni communities to attract national investments to the sector. “Voice of Hope” newspaper poll firm that indiscriminate fishing 3- Re-doing an inventory of the infrastructure financed by confirm that the fish sector is very has contributed substantially to the World Bank, the European Union, the Rural Development important in the development the deterioration of the fisheries Project and the Encouragement Fund and assessing the level of process of the country, and 59% sector due to the weak role of their operation and scheduling their maintenance; in prepara- believe that it will contribute to oversight and inspection, the con- tion for presenting them for successful operation, noting that providing job opportunities for tinuation of the conflict, and the most of them were established with loans and distributed to young people, especially during ignorance of citizens, fishermen associations, without clarity on the mechanism for repaying the current situation. The partic- and piracy. 51% also believe that loans from associations. ipants also believe that the fish the role of civil society organiza- 4- Taking a decision by the Council of Ministers compel- ling the Ministry of Finance to disburse allocations for efforts sector has provided an adequate tions is weak with regard to sup- to rehabilitate the fisheries sector. coverage for the process of fish porting the development of fish investment in Yemen by 64%. production. An Overview of the Role of the Fisheries Authority in the Red Sea in Preserving Fish Wealth and guidelines. Al-Shamsi points out that one of the The coastal strip in the Red manifestations of (indiscriminate) -over Sea region in western Yemen fishing in the Red Sea is that some fish- ermen use nets with small holes to shovel is one of the marine areas shrimp during the fishing season because rich in unique fish resources these nets do not allow the young fish and in the world. There are more shrimp larvae to escape during dredging, than 900 species of fish and thus die or wasted; some fishermen use lighting when fishing by way of hover- marine organisms in those ing or magnifier; others practice fishing areas. It is characterized by during the breeding seasons (the period the presence of more than of biological rest for fish), in addition to practicing illegal fishing represented in 300 types of coral reefs due to “Voice of Hope”: The number of fish soci- three coastal governorates is more than flict for three years, which caused great Voice of Hope, saying: “With the per- the presence of unlicensed foreign fish- its natural ingredients such as eties and cooperatives operating in the Red 32 thousand tons of pelagic and demersal damage to the infrastructure of the author- sistence of difficulties, the General- Au ing boats that steal, loot and tamper with Sea coast was estimated at (68) societies, fish, crustaceans and mollusks. ities and fish landing centers. Fishermen thority for Fisheries in the Red Sea has the presence of more than 155 wealth. including (44) societies in Al Hudaydah Number of Fish Landing Centres were harmed, and their boats were dam- reactivated the authority’s presence in marine islands and the natu- Al-Shamsi added: “Protecting fisheries governorate, (19) in Taiz governorate, and The fish landing centers in the Yemeni aged. In 2019, the work gradually began some landing centers in the governorates from indiscriminate fishing is the respon- ral environment suitable for (5) societies in Hajjah governorate, and coasts are the main focal point for- orga in the authority to normalize the ways of of Taiz, Hodeidah and Hajjah, which num- sibility of everyone without exception, the reproduction and growth the number of fishermen affiliated with the nizing the management of fish resources daily life in villages and fish gatherings, ber (16) fish landing centers and provided and we need to combine all efforts to elim- fishery societies is estimated at 20% of the in the right way, as they contribute to open the field of safe fishing in - coordi services to fishermen and their families of various marine organisms. inate this phenomenon and implement the total fishermen, and the remaining 80 rep- preserving the fish wealth from indiscrim- nation with the relevant authorities, and to improve their standard of living, and law effectively.” resented unaffiliated individual fishermen. inate fishing. In this context, Al-Shamsi search for funding bodies to implement practicing fishing in the Red Sea coast, Al-Shamsi reviews through a detailed says: The current situation of the fish rehabilitating of fish landing centers proj- which contributes to the improvement of Support and Organizations Manal Amin report by “Voice of Hope” about the Au- landing centers in the coastal strip in the ects, and improve the quality of services the national economy and the sustainable Khaled Al-Shamsi believes that some Sawt Al-Amal (Voice of Hope) thority’s activity, saying: Among the most Red Sea is not ideal and needs to be re- provided to beneficiaries. development process of the country in of the supporting bodies - local and in- important types of fish that the Red Sea organized and continuously evaluated to such conditions. ternational - during the past periods have The inhabitants of those areas depend is famous for, and with great economic improve its management and develop ser- Challenges and Solutions helped alleviate the suffering of fishermen on fishing as the main and only source of returns: Grouper fish (such as Hamoor, vices in an appropriate manner in line with The fisheries sector in the Red Sea Indiscriminate Fishing by rehabilitating the fish landing sites, income and livelihood for themselves and Kosher, Nagel), Emperor Red Snapper the volume of fish production on which it faces many difficulties and continuous Regarding the indiscriminate fishing providing basic services in some villages their families. More than 40 villages and (Mergan), Emperor (Gahash), Narrow- is located. There are (40) fish landing cen- challenges due to the unstable security sit- carried out by some traditional fisher- such as water, education and health, dis- fish gatherings are spread along the coast barred Spanish Mackerel (Derak), Co- ters in the Red Sea region, of which (25) uation in the country in general and in the men in the coastal strip of the Red Sea, tributing small fishing boats, fishing nets, of the Red Sea, which is 550 km long, bia (Sakhlah), Longtali Tuna (Zainoop), centers are in Al Hudaydah Governorate, coastal strip of the Red Sea in particular. Al-Shamsi asserts that “indiscriminate ice keeper for fish/ fish cooler, and safety from the Midi region in the north to Bab Kawakawa (Shiriwa), Cod (kod), (Baiad), (12) centers are in Taiz, and (3) centers are The coastal areas of the Red Sea lack basic fishing has greatly damaged the fishery equipment and tools, besides providing al-Mandab in the south, and more than Sole Fish (Samakah Mousa), Bluespot in Hajjah Governorate. public services, such as clean drinking wa- stock and caused a significant decline in food baskets and seeking to implement (46334) fishermen work on more than Mullet (Arabi), Indian mackerel (Bagha), ter, education and health for all and lack of the quantities of fish production, the lack a fish farming project, especially in the (12,000) traditional fishing boats of differ- Sandbar Shark (Lakham), Indian White fisheries infrastructure services, including of supply of various fish in the markets, The Role of the Authority city of Mokha and Khokha, which will be ent sizes. Shrimp (Gambari al-Sahili), Crab (Abu Khaled Al-Shamsi says: The authority, ports and weak capacities of cooperative the increase in prices for citizens, the low implemented by the Abs Organization for The head of the Fisheries Authority Maqas), ornamental fish, and others. The which began its actual activity in 2013, work in fishermen’s communities. income and wages of fishermen, and the Development and funded by the German in the Red Sea, Khaled Al-Shamsi, told annual productivity of the Red Sea in the stopped working during the current- con Khaled Al Shamsi speaks through the lack of awareness of fishery regulations government.