One year ago, @fisheriesSOM signed MoU with China Overseas Fisheries Association and granted 31 fishing licenses to fish inside Somali EEZ. This is ⬇️ what happens when greed, bad negotiation, corruption, and neocolonialism all meet together. I am not surprised sadly. (thread) /1 2018 no fishing vs 2019 Chinese scouring in Somali waters chasing tuna into their feeding grounds @fisheriesSOM officials said they fish only 3 months of tuna season. Fishing 10 months in a year what fishing season is that? Renewed for 2020!! Here I am proving them wrong #tech /2

1/1 Do you know that #7 of the Chinese vessels recently granted fishing licences had already involved fishing illegally in Somali waters. Here is the investigation conducted in 2015 by the FISH-i Africa fish-i-africa.org/wp-content/upl… 1/2 #6 vessels named LU QING YUAN YU followed by the numbers #101, #102, #105, #106, #107 and #108, and the XIN SHI JI #85. All these commercial fishing boats are in the list of the vessels that @fisheriesSOM newly granted fishing licences. Check them here mfmr.gov.so/assets/content…

After receiving a lot of hate, denial & political stuff messages accusing me betrayal and anti-government activity.
I want to make it clear that:
* I did't offer any political view here
* All information I've provided are from official sources
Please stop DMing me, it's annoying! Sources:
* Ex Minister of mfmr's complete interview
* Regarding the fishing licences, fishing vessels and fees are publicly available on the ministry's website here mfmr.gov.so/licences/
* IUU $ loss here adesoafrica.org/download/565bf…