Somalis say foreign ships are stealing their fish, and it’s fuelling a piracy resurgence

A man stands on a rock by the ocean with a fishing rod.

Piracy off the coast of Somalia is back in the headlines after European Union naval forces seized an Iranian fishing vessel last month that Somali pirates used to briefly hijack a Malta-flagged tanker carrying gasoline from India to South Africa. Fishermen insist the bigger problem in the region is that foreign vessels are fishing in waters intended for locals, harming their livelihoods.

CBC | World News

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