For Yemeni fisherman Salem Atek, 2024 has been a perfect storm: driven out of the rich waters of the Red Sea by conflict, he has been left foraging for meagre catches closer to shore all while braving extreme weather caused by climate change.
“For the first time in my life the water got into it at this time of the year,” he said. “Our seasons are mixed up, like farmers, we fishermen have our calculations ... but now our calculations are not working.”, fuelling a humanitarian crisis that has left more than half of its 33 million people relying on outside aid while about 4.5 million have been forced to flee their homes.
Now, fishermen further south are also being affected due to the fallout from the Gaza war in the Red Sea, which led theIn March the Houthi-run fisheries ministry said at least two fishermen were killed in strikes by the US and British-led coalition off the Red Sea port of Mocha in southwestern Yemen.But even fishermen who have decided to forgo the deep sea hauls and stay closer to the coast do not feel safe.
But war has brought the country to its knees and now up to 60 per cent of the population are expected to be facing acute food insecurity in 2024, mainly because of high food and fuel prices, extreme weather, including a severe drought and conflict. Last October, cyclone Tej affected about 18,000 households in the southeast, with big damage to infrastructure including health facilities, roads and telecommunications lines.
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