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Catch of the Day Every morning Mogadishu’s fisherman bring their catch ashore upon which it is quickly unloaded and transported to Xamar Weyne’s lively and chaotic fish market where it is sold for consumption on the local market and increasingly, for export to other countries. Over the last two decades, instability on land has greatly restricted the development of the country’s fishing industry, but now that Somalia is enjoying the longest period of sustained peace in over 20 years, there is large-scale potential and opportunity to harvest the bountiful waters off the Horn of Africa nation, which boasts the longest coastline in Africa. © AU-UN IST PHOTOS / STUART PRICE
ABOVE: A Somali man pushes a barrow loaded with freshly caught fish from the Indian Ocean towards Mogadishu’s fish market in the Xamar Weyne district of the Somali capital. RIGHT, TOP to BOTTOM: Two Somali men look out across Mogadishu’s fishing harbour in the early morning as fishermen land their catch and transport their fish to the market. A Somali man carries a large sailfish on his head as he transports it to Mogadishu’s fish market. A trader waits to sell fish inside Mogadishu’s fish market in the Xamar Weyne district of the Somali capital.
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RIGHT: Traders cut and fillet fish inside Mogadishu’s fish market. BELOW: A Somali man pauses while carrying a large sailfish on his head as he transports it to Mogadishu’s fish market in the Xamar Weyne district of the Somali capital. BOTTOM, LEFT to RIGHT: Freshly caught tuna fish are lined up for sale inside Mogadishu’s fish market. Traders cut and fillet fish inside the fish market. Freshly caught sailfish are lined up for sale inside the market. www.amisom-au.org Click to watch video
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