4 fishermen survived in Hodeida after missing them in sea for 4 days

HODEIDA, Jan. 15 (YPA) – The Community Monitoring and Marine Rescue teams at the General Authority for fisheries in the Red Sea have rescued four fishermen who have been missing for four days in the Red Sea off the coast of Hodeida.

The authority said in a statement, that it received a report about the loss of a fishing boat with four fishermen on board four days ago.

The statement pointed out that the control and rescue teams moved to search for the boat despite the bad weather and the intensification of the monsoon in the middle of the sea, noting that the boat and the missing fishermen were found after four hours of searching stuck in the sea without water or food, because the boat was and they could not return.

The deputy chairman of the General Fisheries Authority said that community monitoring teams are one of the most important community activities that the authority has reactivated and supported to carry out their sustainable service roles to develop fishermen communities socially, economically and culturally and strengthen communication links between them and the authority and the Marine Rescue Team.

The fishermen expressed their gratitude for the service efforts provided by the authority to the fishermen community and activating the role of community control in their midst to implement many initiatives that benefit everyone.