All boats and ships have to renew their licences with the Somali government. The new updated register will protect Somali fishermen from foreign trawlers. Currently some foreign trawlers buy fake licences from corrupt regional adminstrators and this makes it harder for the judical system to go after the foreign pirates in Somalia's ocean.
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