Emirati, foreign companies cause death of huge quantities of shrimp off Mahra coast

MHARA, Jan. 19 (YPA) – Activists on social media on Thursday circulated pictures of the death of huge quantities of shrimp on the coasts of Mahra province, eastern Yemen.

The activists attributed the cause of the shrimp’s death to the Emirati and foreign fishing companies bombing coral reefs to catch the shrimp needed in the global markets.

Activist, Saleh bin Salem Al-Mahri, said in a tweet on Twitter Huge amounts of shrimp covered the coast of Hof in Mahra, after they died in a strange and unprecedented way.

Al-Mahri did not rule out the reason for the shrimp’s death to be the overfishing of Emirati and foreign companies that plunder the Yemeni fish wealth.

لأول مرة يحدث هذا النفوق لكميات مهولة من أسماك الروبيان – الجمبري – في ساحل مديرية حوف بمحافظة #المهرة شرق اليمن ولا يستبعد أن يكون الاصطياد الجائر للشركات الإماراتية والأجنبية التي تقوم بالاصطياد الجائر ونهب الثروة السمكية . #صالح_المهري pic.twitter.com/Yu37xKYVWc

— صالح المهري – ابن المهرة Salah Almahri (@ibnalmaharh) January 19, 2023

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