[N.B.: The same applies for foreign fishing vessels. All foreign licences have been withdrawn and new ones will only be issued by the Central Federal Government after new fisheries regulations have been ratified by parliament. In the meantime any foreign fishing vessel operating in Somalia, be it by itself or in joint-venture, is illegal. Like the Territorial Waters of 200nm are in place since 1972,... 

Muhyadin Ahmed Roble, AfricaNews reporter in Nairobi, Kenya Foreign companies loot and dump toxic wastes in Somali seas in the full glare of the EU and NATO naval forces that patrol the Somali coastal lines, a Somali professor at the University of Minnesota has said. Abdi Ismail Samater, a professor of Geography at the University of Minnesota claims foreign companies poach and dump toxic waste in Somali... 

THE OIL- AND FISH HUNTERS DON’T GIVE UP (by ecop-marine) It has transpired that under the persistent covert interests of European countries (especially Spain and France) in the rich fishing grounds of Somalia and fronted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) a renewed attempt is made to strip Somalia of its 200 nm territorial waters by a double-faced approach promising assistance to... 

Warbixinta ECOTERRA – Qaybta 3aad: Beenta: Soomaaliya ma leh 200 mayl oo Dhul-badeed ah… Xaqiiqada Jirta: Laga soo bilaabo 1972 beesha caalamku waxay qadarinayeen Xeerka Soomaaliya ee No. 37, xeerkaas oo xagga sharci ahaan la mid ah xeerarka kale ee la aqoonsan yahay ee ay leeyihiin dalalka ay kamid yihiin Benin, Republic of Congo, Ecuador, El Salvador, Liberia iyo Peru, dalakaas oo hore u... 

Warbixinta ECOTERRA – Qaybta 2aad: Beenta: Beesha caalamku waxay caawinaad siiyaan Soomaaliya iyo Soomaalida … Xaqiiqada Jirta: Waxaa dhif iyo naadir ah in la bixiyo lacag ay ku yabooheen kuwo ugu sareey tun-weynayaasha ololaha lacag bixinta ka muujiya warbaahinta. Arrinta ku saabsan in aan la bixin lacagta lagu yabooho ma ah mid ku kooban Soomaaliya, waa been caalami ah oo xitaa ay cambaareeyeen... 

Warbixin dheer oo uu qoray ururka ECOTERRA oo ku saabsan badda Soomaaliya ayaa cinwaankiisu ahaa “Dhul-badeedka Soomaaliya: Been aan gabasho lahayn oo si joogto ah la idiinku sheego.” Warbixinta oo ka kooban dhawr qaybood waxay u qoran tahay qaab ah “beenta la sheego,” iyo “xaqiiqada jirta,” oo jawaab u ah. Qoraalkaas oo SomaliTalk.com soo tarjumtey hoos ka akhri: FG: Sida ay isku qeexaan... 

STATUS OF SEIZED VESSELS AND CREWS IN SOMALIA, THE GULF OF ADEN AND THE INDIAN OCEAN (ecoterra – 29. July 2010) STATUS-SUMMARY: Today, 29. July2010, 08h00 UTC, still at least 22 foreign vessels plus one barge are kept in Somali hands against the will of their owners, while at least 397 seafarers – including an elderly British yachting couple – plus the lorry drivers from Somaliland...