Tag(s): ; ; ; ;
Add to My Group
     
View Article Stats      (1 comment)

Somalis say illegal fishing by foreign trawlers drove them to piracy

Quicklink submitted by Odyseus_97
(Add your own quicklinks easily with the
OpEdNews Quick Link Browser bookmark)


Tell A Friend
SAVE AS FAVORITE
VIEW FAVORITES
FACEBOOK
submit to twitter
submit to reddit
submit to stumble upon

View Ratings | Rate It

Eid related what amounts to the pirates' creation myth, in which overfishing by European and Asian trawlers drove Somalia's coastal communities to ruin and forced local fishermen to fight for their livelihoods.

Read the rest of the story HERE:


 

Comments

The time limit for entering new comments on this Quicklink has expired.

This limit can be removed. Our paid membership program is designed to give you many benefits, such as removing this time limit. To learn more, please click here.

Comments: Expand   Shrink   Hide  
1 comments
To view all comments:
Expand Comments
(Or you can set your preferences to show all comments, always)

Interesting omission by Dave Kisor on Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 12:51:16 AM