March 29, 2021 –Socotra Online
Reporting: Ahmed Jamaan
Photography: Ibrahim Youssef
Presence of Prime Fish Factory in the Socotra Archipelago is very important to large number of people of Socotra, as many people work as fishermen for living. Therefore, the factory is very important, as it provided many services including encouraging fishermen to fish by providing them with the necessary tools and equipment in addition to transport means. This helps in mitigating pressure on fishermen in relation with meeting their needs and arranging a transport mean. Furthermore, Prime Fish Factory offers fishermen suitable prices for petroleum products less than the market.
In addition, Prime Fish Factory largely contributed to raising level of living of fishermen and facilitated process of marketing. It also provided 500 job opportunities for people of Socotra in different technical, administrative and production sections.
Leaders of fishermen in Socotra expressed their appreciation to brothers in the United Arab Emirates for concerning with such category of people in Socotra, and providing the enabling requirements for better practice of profession.
It was worth noting that Prime Fish Factory was officially opened in 2016, and has been one of factors that helped fishermen in Socotra to raise level of production, which positively reflected on quality of life of these families.
