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2008.
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| Summary/Abstract |
The absence of governance and the resultant insurgency in Somalia has created ambient condition for fisherman taking to piracy that has resulted in disorder at sea. Sea piracy in the gulf if Aden - Somalia coast reached unprecedented magnitude in 2008. From a mere 10 incidents of piracy reported in 2004, 63 piracy related incidents were recorded till September 2008. Somalia coast Guard and marine police is a process of crude arming if a section if local fisherman to defend the local fishing from poaching by foreign fisherman, and its these fisherman who have now taken to piracy.
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