Rural Economic Development

Secure Fisheries and partner organization Blue Ventures recently completed a learning exchange to Madagascar for members of the fishing community in Zeila, Somaliland, as well as representatives from Somaliland's Ministries of Fisheries and Environment and members of the local non-profit organizatio...

Field Manager Jamal Hassan facilitated a value chain workshop in Mogadishu from August 22-24, 2022.

A two-day data collection training workshop for Jubaland Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) staff was held by Secure Fisheries on July 23-24, 2022.

Colleen Devlin, Research Associate with Secure Fisheries, was the lead consultant and writer for United Nations Climate Security Mechanism report on climate change and security in the Somali Region.

In May 2022, Secure Fisheries held cooperative management (co-management) workshops in the communities of Laasqorey and Bullahar on the northern coast of the Somali Region.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Reports have increasingly highlighted the linkages between climate change and security.

Secure Fisheries Senior Research Associate and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) expert, Paige Roberts, conducted a guest GIS workshop for the Berbera Maritime and Fisheries Academy (BMFA) on March 20-21, 2022 on their campus in Berbera, Somaliland.

The Zeila Co-Management Association, ministries, and partners began planning for the first Marine Protected Area in Somaliland.