HIBO Fishery Cooperative Network

The HIBO Fishery cooperative network hereinafter called (HIBO) is a local fishery network which represents coastal zone of south and southern Somalia, and contains 10 cooperatives from Eyl to Barawe.

As result of fact Somali fishing cooperatives are struggling on how to develop themselves through cooperating each other but the role of donors are still missed except a rare investment from FAO attended for small fisheries in our network, although not enough.

 

Since the establishment of HIBO network was succeed in connecting all south and southern zone small fisheries to have cooperatives and HIBO encourages how to be sustainable cooperative depending on their skills, 

HIBO had established on cooperating with Ministry of Fishery and FAO to develop small fisheries.  

• Fisheries are human activities associated with fishing and aquaculture.
• Fishery science is a body of scientific knowledge and also a profession 
• Practiced by fishery scientists. 
• The practice of fishery science has traditionally been associated with basic research, which it still is, but it has become mostly a professional service to clients. 

In Somalia the production of fishery has no access to market and new appropriate saving type as a cooling machine 

The Challenges to Fishery Scientists Fishery problems are increasing as worldwide catches approach or exceed maximum sustainable levels, as waters are used for many purposes, and as more aquaculture becomes feasible.

In Somalia now days alleged reason for parasite exist in the region interrupt the activities of small fisheries although some of fisheries stopped their work for above reasons.       

 HIBO had organized by former fishery experts of Somalia in 1994, The Somalis have traditionally engaged in old fission of fishing as to train the young generation of the fisheries  .