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11/02/2009 05:49 AM ID: 81506 Permalink   

Somali Pirates Say Their Fish are Being "Looted" by Others in Their Waters

 

Somali pirates holding a British couple [www.shortnews.com/ reported] for $7 million ransom say that their fish-rich waters are being plundered by other countries, destroying their nets and harassing them.

Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, Somalia's prime minister, said that Somali fishermen who were profitable before the outside harassment are being pushed to work as pirates. However, a fisheries expert in Africa says this is simply not the case.

Helen Bours said, "The extent to which the piracy business has developed is way beyond a few fishermen turning (into) pirates," adding that international ships prefer deeper water, far from Somali fishermen.

 
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  Send out the warships  
 
Eradicate this problem already.
 
 by: OrIgInAl_ThOuGhT   11/02/2009 11:03 AM     
  Eradicate the problem?  
 
There would not be a problem if the people that lived there were ale to exist they way they have done previously.
I am praying nothing goes wrong for this couple, this was the worst move I can understand the fishing boats but they are not getting the right message across but taking holiday makers.
 
 by: captainJane     11/02/2009 01:59 PM     
  I agree, eradicate the problem...  
 
Send in the warships and sink all those commercial fishing trawlers and leave the fish to the Somalis. They have little enough in the way of natural resources, quit stealing what little they do have. When Somali fishermen show up off your coast harvesting all your fish then you will have something to complain about. As for the $7 million ransom, make the owners of the commercial fishing boats pay it, I´m sure they have made a lot more than that stealing Somali fish.
 
 by: valkyrie123     11/02/2009 02:40 PM     
  Unfortunately  
 
Somalis government is in Exile, even this Prime Minister, he is not talking from his office in Somali, he is probably in UK, or, somewhere in EU.

Somalis are using this legitimate excuse, however I doubt if the pirates are actual fishermen becoming pirates. These are thugs with very heavy artilery wreaking havoc.

The African Coastal basin, has become yet another looting grounds for Westerners and their big nets. These trawler scavenging the East African Indian Ocean, are doing such a devastating job to marine life and echo system in general, after plundering, they leave nothing behind.

Russians were in Tanzania, exchanging Guns for neighbouring militia and take Fish from Lake Victoria, worlds second largest fresh water lake, which was haven for fresh water marine life. Now reduce to almost nothing. Russian come and go almost everyday to exchange goods. A documentary telling it all was called Darwins Nightmare http://www.darwinsnightmare.com/

@OrIgInAl: Would you like to be the bow of these Warships, with such mentality, you´d make an awesome RAM.
 
 by: skcusswentrohs   11/02/2009 03:44 PM     
  While they are at it...  
 
they should grab one of their Government and demand the right for their people to have their shores back.

Run properly everyone could be on a winner but no chance there with a corrupt and stupid Government
 
 by: captainJane     11/02/2009 07:42 PM     
  Mafia needs to stop dumping in Somali waters  
 
The Mafia has been taking toxic and radioactive wastes from Europe for years and burying it in Somali land or dumping it off shore. The poison has been killing the fish and harming Somalis, forcing them to go out and protect their shores. Of course, now that it has been lucrative , many are turning to piracy merely for profit, but it originated from desperation at being exploited by foreigners.
 
 by: 1monkey   11/02/2009 08:37 PM     
  @EVERYONE  
 
GO TO SOUTHPARKSTUDIOS.COM AND WATCH THE EPISODE FATBEARD FROM SEASON 13, HILARIOUS SOMALIAN PIRATE SHOW.
 
 by: juggalotoka   11/02/2009 11:01 PM     
 
 
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