Based on requests from Somali fishing community members, Secure Fisheries coordinated an eight-day net making training.

Secure Fisheries facilitated interactive oceanographic mapping exercises in Somali fishing communities.

Secure Fisheries participated in a Fisheries Data Collection Working Group meeting hosted by the Federal Government of Somalia in Mogadishu.

ERAs Test New Construction Technologies

A new Alternative Rural School (ERA) begins activities in the Mayorquín River basin, El Cacao village, in the municipality of Buenaventura. This region of the Colombian Pacific Coast, strongly affected by the armed conflict, provides most of the fish consumed in the country.

A new report shows that increased access to capital plays the largest role in increasing business revenues in fragile countries like Somalia.

A new report on local economies and conflict examines the relationship between violence and economic activity in Somalia.

The new Alternative Rural School in Anorí, Antioquia, will support the productive beekeeping project developed by 28 members of the cooperative of ex-combatants COOMULDESNA and 2 farmers from the nearby community.

ERAs Produce Their Own Fish Feed

The ERA will offer training and tools for the preparation of fish feed with local raw materials, will support the construction of a biofactory and will provide training to produce organic fertilizers, and will accompany the recovery of cocoa and citrus crops that are already in the zone.

The University of Notre Dame, a new ally of PASO Colombia

The Somalia Fisheries Forum (SFF 2019) brought together over 300 participants, including fishers, academics, business owners, and policymakers from the Federal Government of Somalia and the Somali regions to advance small-scale fisheries across the country.

Dr. Sarah Glaser joined Abdirahim Ibrahim Sheik Heile of the Somalia Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources to present their joint research on trade-offs between foreign industrial and domestic artisanal fishing at the conference of the North American Association of Fisheries Economists.

Jon Bellish, the Chief Operating Officer of One Earth Future, and a delegation from his PASO Colombia and Shared Resources programs, led by their country directors, participated in the 2019 Concordia Americas Summit in Bogotá.