As 2022 begins, Shuraako continues to provide Nordic Horn of Africa Opportunities Fund loans for businesses in the Somali region that are building markets and livelihoods in several important sectors. With a focus on companies that provide youth employment and utilize renewable energy, Shuraako rece...
Local fishers, government officials, traders, the CMA management team, and Secure Fisheries collaborated on the five-year strategic plan for the fisheries Co-management Association in Zeila, Somaliland, on Dec. 15-16, 2021.
Secure Fisheries participated in a learning exchange in Ukunda, Kenya to bring lessons and innovative ideas back to the Somali region fishing communities.
In November, 2021, five towns along the Somali coast held community meetings to discuss phase two of the Fisheries Data Collection Working Group.
Secure Fisheries facilitated a three day workshop on co-management and ecosystem approaches to fisheries management (EAFM) for the Puntland Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resource (MFMR) staff in Bosaso on November 14-16, 2021.
Secure Fisheries’ senior research associate, Paige Roberts, and researcher, Colleen Devlin, participated in two sessions of the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions’ (CASS) 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting.
As a program of the One Earth Future Foundation, Shuraako believes that women play a vital role in sustaining a more peaceful world. Shuraako tracks the addition of jobs for women for each of the companies with which we work through midterm progress reports.
Delegates from the Federal government and five federal member states attended: Galmudug, Hirshabelle, Benadir Regional Administration, Southwest State, and Jubaland.
The science is clear: fuel and other fisheries subsidies to the world’s distant water fishing nations causes overfishing and threatens global seafood supplies.
