ERITREA SEIZES 348 YEMENI FISHING BOATS- OFFICIAL REPORT

SANA'A, May 11 (Saba) - Eritrean authorities seized since 2006 until
the first quarter of this year about 384 Yemeni fishing boats, an
official report has noted.

The boats cost $ 4500 and the seizures have left 3799 Yemeni
fishermen jobless.

Most of the seizures took place while the boats were fishing in
international waters.

Crews sometimes were arrested, taken to Eritrea and sent back after
their boats and all properties onboard had been confiscated by the
Eritrean.

The Yemeni Fishermen Cooperative Union has urged the government to
intervene and contact the Eritrean authorities over releasing the
Yemeni boats and other fishermen properties.

The union also called for forming a Yemeni-Eritrean technical
committee for setting out conditions for allowing Yemeni boats to
fish without being intercepted.

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