Friday, February 18, 2011

Pirates hijacked a Yemeni fishing in the Gulf of Aden

.- A Yemeni-flagged fishing vessel has now been hijacked by pirates near the island of Socotra in the Gulf of Aden, as reported in EU-Navfor a statement, the EU anti-piracy mission. The fishing boat "Alfardous" was carrying eight crew members, whose nationality and current status is unknown at this time, according to the EU mission, said that he was following the situation.

The EU-Navfor controls the activity of fishing vessels off the coast of Somalia, which performs the operation "Atalanta", whose main mission is to protect vessels carrying humanitarian aid from World Food Program vessels and Mission African Union for Somalia (AMISOM).

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