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Somalia: Dozen foreign trawlers arrive Bosaso Port amid concerns of marine exploitation.

Major Tuna Vessel Is Denied Port Landing Because of Evidence of Illegal Fishing.

African Nations Are Sharing Data to Crack Down on Illegal.

Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland has moved to combat illegal fishing in its waters - the first ever move to fight against the illegal business

Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland has moved to combat illegal fishing in its waters - the first ever move to fight against the illegal business

A small, motorised fishing boat heads out to sea from the port of Sinabang, leaving behind the remote island of Simeulue, off the coast of western Sumatra. Noticeable on the deck is a tangle of plastic tubes, linked up to a roaring, spluttering engine. The on-board fishers are going 'compressor fishing', a practice that involves divers searching the seabed for lucrative octopus, grouper and sea cucumber, all the while relying on air supplied by a single plastic lifeline, snaking precariously up to the surface. The rewards can be great - fishers are able to stay deep underwater for long periods, harvesting catches that would be inaccessible to those using other fishing techniques. However, this method is fraught with dangers, as local Simeulue fisher, Anhar, can testify.

Brisbane, Fast, First: Angler catches rare sawfish off Queensland coast.

Hoping to extend maritime reach, China lavishes aid on Pakistan town.

'Operation Atalanta' now to end 2016.

India searches for 600 missing fishermen after storm.

Zodiac's container ship suspect in hit&run India.

Massive whale shark transported to Karachi fish harbor for sale.

Almost 60 people missing after ship sinks off Yemen.

Sri Lanka stops 61 Australia-bound boat people.