A two-day data collection training workshop for Jubaland Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) staff was held by Secure Fisheries on July 23-24, 2022.
Colleen Devlin, Research Associate with Secure Fisheries, was the lead consultant and writer for United Nations Climate Security Mechanism report on climate change and security in the Somali Region.
In May 2022, Secure Fisheries held cooperative management (co-management) workshops in the communities of Laasqorey and Bullahar on the northern coast of the Somali Region.
Secure Fisheries Senior Research Associate and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) expert, Paige Roberts, conducted a guest GIS workshop for the Berbera Maritime and Fisheries Academy (BMFA) on March 20-21, 2022 on their campus in Berbera, Somaliland.
Secure Fisheries Project Manager Jamal Hassan visited the Kismayo area of Somalia in December 2021 to discuss the potential for cooperative management with communities and government officials.
Secure Fisheries Director Sarah Glaser sat down with Fardowsa Wehliye, a Somali marine biologist completing her master’s degree in Turkey, to discuss climate change in the Horn of Africa and their perspectives on the issues for the Shackleton Research Trust.
Local fishers, government officials, traders, the CMA management team, and Secure Fisheries collaborated on the five-year strategic plan for the fisheries Co-management Association in Zeila, Somaliland, on Dec. 15-16, 2021.
Secure Fisheries participated in a learning exchange in Ukunda, Kenya to bring lessons and innovative ideas back to the Somali region fishing communities.
