"This year the amount of fish we have caught has been very good. We get about 150 kilograms to 200 and even 300 kilograms, depending on how much we fish. There were fish that had disappeared and have come back like the barracuda, oranda, red snapper and other types. We are very happy now that there are so many fish."
-Kenyan fisherman Abdi Ali celebrates the ocean's bounty. Fishermen in Kenya and Somalia are seeing record catches as illegal trawlers steer clear of the area out of fear of Somali pirates.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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Another mixed bag.
All the murders in my neighborhood have really reduced the number of unwanted visits from the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Rape is terrific cardio!
If I remember correctly (and I do, bitches) the pirates started out patrolling the waters to keep non-local fishermen out of the area. Then they got guns and drugs and got greedy and started taking boats hostage. So its really just a return to form.
Also, can we send these guys over to Japan to more effectively save the whales? Those greenpeace-reject hippies fail.
Up to a point. There was a Somali coast guard; that was when there was a Somalia. They patrolled to some extent and tried to enforce fishing regulations -- but also sometimes happily gave poachers a pass in return for cash. Some pirates are former coast guard members. That's the most you can say. These guys are quite simply gangs of killers; the unfortunate state of their country does not change that. Good luck training them to save the damned whales.
This is economics. It's what's left over when the state evaporates. It's not good or bad, it's just economics.