Fishing

Yemen is characterized with its coastline which stretchedfor 2500 kilometers on both the Red Sea and Arabian Sea, and it is also has more than a hundred and fifty Islandsmostly in the Red Sea.The Yemeni seas arethe richest because they contain different and desirable types of fish and marine environments, while itsislands are characterized with their natural conditions suitable for the reproduction and growth ofvaried marine life species, which made the fishing areas featured with the existence of both shallow and deep water fish that attract both domestic and foreign consumer. Yemen owns a huge resources and fishstock in its marine waters,which allowedannual fishing level to reachabout 400 thousand tons of fish varied between 350 to 400 species.