Somalia’s fish market — which offers many of the 400 species of the country’s fish — is growing rapidly, a CCTV Africa report said. Individual and groups of fishermen have taken on the task of contributing to what fish vendors provide by taking on greater risks. With nearly 50 percent of the nation unemployed, many are using resources they have to make fishing the foundation of their livelihoods.

“We don’t have any modern or even better equipment. What we use, we have inherited from our fathers. They are so risky, you can’t rely on them,”Mohamed, one fisherman told CCTV Africa about their boats. “What do we have to do? We have to leave.”