By michael kesterton
Eco-piracy?
“As Somali pirates rain terror along Africa’s eastern seaboard, capturing trade ships and holding crews hostage for ransom, a remarkable development is taking place underwater: Tuna and marlin populations are surging,” Utne Reader says.
“It turns out that the rogue seamen have scared away commercial fishing trawlers as well as tankers dumping toxic waste, both of which formerly devastated the coastal fisheries. The results are so profound, according to the University of California, Berkeley, alumni magazine California … pirates are ‘claiming that they are an ad hoc ‘coast guard’ for Somalia’s offshore resources.’ ”
Source: The Globe and Mail
“As Somali pirates rain terror along Africa’s eastern seaboard, capturing trade ships and holding crews hostage for ransom, a remarkable development is taking place underwater: Tuna and marlin populations are surging,” Utne Reader says.
“It turns out that the rogue seamen have scared away commercial fishing trawlers as well as tankers dumping toxic waste, both of which formerly devastated the coastal fisheries. The results are so profound, according to the University of California, Berkeley, alumni magazine California … pirates are ‘claiming that they are an ad hoc ‘coast guard’ for Somalia’s offshore resources.’ ”
Source: The Globe and Mail
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