Foreign fishing vessels have open access to Somali coastal waters.

GIWA focused on environmental aspects of water, comprising surface and ground waters as well as coastal and marine waters.

Somalia continues to be without an effective central Government to control and administer its coastal waters.

Somalia coastal waters offer significant potential for exploitation of marine resources, which include very rich fishing grounds.

The vessel left the port on 2 December and fished the coastal waters between Mogadishu and Kismaayo.

The coastal waters are rich in fish, which provide the primary export of the agriculture fisheries sector.

Each regional CDU will prepare one or more customized courses on a coastal or ocean management issue of relevance to the GEF International Waters projects and to priority global waters issues.

Somalia's coastal and offshore waters are dangerous for the innocent passage of fishing vessels, traditional boats, yachts and commercial vessel traffic.

From January through July 2005, incidents of piracy in Somali coastal waters have been fairly common and are listed in annex V.

The project, based on collaboration with water experts globally, collected data and information in 66 GIWA subregions on the state of international waters, freshwater basins, transboundary rivers, coastal marine waters and large marine ecosystems.

During the mission, the independent expert flew over the coastal areas in the Puntland region and was able to detect foreign vessels in the waters.

As a result, Somali coastal waters are under the control of a number of different local administrations or self appointed militias, led by a faction leader.

In November 2004, the owners selected a crew and advised crew members that they would be fishing in Kenyan waters off the coastal cities of Lamu and Malindi.

For example, all the 47 incidents of piracy reported for East Africa by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) from 1998 to June 2004 took place in Somali coastal waters.

I hasten to add that such measures should include those taken at national and regional levels with regard to waters under national jurisdiction, particularly those belonging to coastal developing countries.

The soil and coastal waters of the island polluted by substances such as lead, depleted uranium and arsenic, whose presence was a serious threat to public health needed urgent decontamination.

A study of the optical properties of coastal waters is extremely useful in measuring concentrations of relevant constituents of the water column as well as determining depth and bottom topography.

Under conditions to be attached to the licence, vessel operators would also be required to show proof of licences or authorization allowing them to fish in waters of other coastal States.

228. Article 25, paragraph 2, of the Convention provides that the coastal State has the right, in the case of ships proceeding to internal waters or a call at a port facility outside internal waters, to take the necessary measures to prevent any breach of the conditions to which admission of those ships to internal waters or such a call is subject.

Coastal other

The following case study is indicative of the type of fishing activity carried out in Somali coastal waters by some foreign fishing operations in concert with a local administration (port of El Ma'an).

C. Coastal zone

The protection and preservation of the marine area and its resources is a source of constant concern for Tunisia, which is a developing coastal country whose territorial waters are adjacent to the high seas.

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Importance of Coastal Watersheds.

(h) Coastal hazard preparedness.

Coastal zone and environment.

Coastal and marine resources

c. Coastal degradation management

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He also explained that Puntland was essentially rich in natural resources that were unexploited due to an inability to attract foreign investment, but that, ironically, the coastal waters and fisheries areas were ruthlessly exploited by foreign vessels.

Under this service module UNIDO also executes major programmes addressing regional transboundary problems of river basin, wetland and coastal zones and Large Marine Ecosystems (LMEs), all within the international waters focal area of the Global Environment Facility.

Submission by a coastal State

2. Marine and coastal biodiversity

G. Integrated coastal zone management

1. Marine and coastal biodiversity

Marine and coastal living resources

Similarly, the diminution of coastal forests had made localities in the coastal area more vulnerable to cyclones.

God said, Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

God said, Let there be an expanse in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

At the same time, the navigation scheduling management waters were adjusted from the 180 kilometer waters close to dam to the 541.8 kilometer waters from Yunyang Yangtze River Bridge to Shishou Yangtze River Bridge in the Scheduling Regulation . And the core waters , water close to dam , control waters and scheduling waters were divided.

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And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.