Certification: Halal
Jama Fishing Innovation Corporation Pty Ltd is a competitive eco-friendly company with the goal of making use of the untapped marine fishing sector in the Horn of Africa (Somalia). We are legally licensed by both the state and central federal government of Somalia for fishing in the Somali long coastline.
We are a fully licensed company. As such, we are compliant with regulations in terms of sustainability, safeguarding marine life, as well as quality controls.
Facts about Somalia
Somalia is located on the Horn of Africa. It has the second longest coastline of any country in Africa (after Madagascar), and is bordered in the north by the Gulf of Aden and in the east by the Indian Ocean. The marine ecosystem is characterized by seasonal monsoons driving a strong south-north current along the east African coast, resulting in a significant upwelling off the coast of northeast Somalia. This system is highly productive, but the great quantity of small pelagic fish usually found in upwelling areas (Rykaczewski and Checkley 2008) does not occur to the same extent in the upwelling area off Somalia. However, the region is known for the seasonally high abundance of large pelagic fish (tuna and billfishes) that has attracted Distant Water Fleets (DWF), mainly from Europe and East Asia, to fish for these high value species (Bakun et al. 1998). In contrast, the environmental conditions have not been quite as favorable for the domestic fisheries sector; the coast does not have many natural harbors, and climate and ocean features give rise to large variation in the available resources between seasons and years (Haakonsen 1983). The Somali people have historically been largely nomadic, and despite their abundant fish resources, the Somalis in general have had very limited interest in fishing and their seafood consumption is thought to be among the lowest in the world. However, the coastal communities have a tradition of fishing, but the fraction of fishers compared to the total population has always been small (UNEP 2005).
Source:
www.seaaroundus.org/doc/publications/chapters/2015/Persson-et-al-Somalia.pdf
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