5. International Agreements 



9. Enforcement 



Yemen had agreements with foreign, mainly 

 Korean, companies to fish in its Exclusive Economic 

 Zone (EEZ), but these have expired. Although the 

 Yemeni Government has sought to have these 

 companies commit to joint ventures, they refused. 

 All of the foreign fleet fishing was in the Gulf of 

 Aden. According to the source in Yemen's Ministry 

 of Fish Resources, the government earned about $1.5 

 to $2 million a year from these agreements. South 

 Yemen had constant problems with the Korean 

 companies, in part because their catches were 

 weighed when they were transshipped at ports in the 

 United Arab Emirates. 



Information is not available regarding bilateral 

 fishery agreements which are now in effect. The 

 Soviets reportedly had such agreements with former 

 South Yemen. Yemen continues to face illegal 

 fishing by Egyptian fishermen in Yemen's Red Sea 

 waters. Yemeni ports do not serve as transshipment 

 points for distant- water fleets. 



6. Joint Ventures 



To date no joint ventures with foreign companies 

 have been established, although the Yemen's Ministry 

 of Fish Resources indicted that the Ministry has 

 received more than fifty inquiries regarding the 

 establishment of joint ventures involving a foreign 

 company. Other inquiries deal with processing and 

 marketing. 



Yemen faces problems of controlling industrial 

 fishing by foreign ships in the Gulf of Aden. 

 Attempts to control it have met with little success 

 because Yemen lacks the resources to mount effective 

 patrols of its EEZ. Yemen's fishery enforcement 

 capability is extremely limited. Most of the recent 

 seizures have been of Egyptian fishermen in the Red 

 Sea. Due to the lack of a fishery patrol capability, the 

 Yemeni Government has little reliable data on the 

 actual extent of distant-water fishing taking place 

 within Yemen's EEZ. 



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7. Aid Programs 



Fishery aid programs in recent years have 

 focused on developing labor-intensive artisanal coastal 

 fisheries using small vessels. The World Bank and 

 the Arab Fund have funded fisheries development 

 projects with additional assistance coming from Japan 

 (for purchase of outboard motors, and a shellfish 

 aquaculture laboratory) and the European 

 Community. 



8. Shipyards 



Several firms are manufacturing fiberglass open 

 vessels designed for artisanal fishing. No Yemen 

 shipyards are building fishing or other vessels. No 

 information is available concerning special provision 

 for importation of new or used fishing vessels. 



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