Report: Foreign Fishing Boats Could Reignite Somali Piracy

High levels of illegal and unreported fishing in Somali waters could spark the return of piracy, a U.S.-based organization has warned.   In a new report, Secure Fisheries says foreign fishing boats caught more than 132,000 metric tons of fish off Somalia in each of the last two years (2013 and 2014), while local fishermen caught only 40,000 metric tons.   In monetary terms, foreign vessels have outearned their Somali counterparts by nearly $250 million per year. Sarah...

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