The entire district of Gwadar, from Jiwani to Ormara, known as the Makran Coastal Belt, which employs about 80% of the locals as dependent on the sea. The locals consider the sea as their source of income, like mother and fulfil the economic needs of their families. The very existence of our lives is connected to the ocean that nurtures us by meeting our economic needs. Fishing in the sea is a source of livelihood for over 2.5 million people in coastal towns of Sindh and Balochistan. While our oceans have distinct identities for producing the best breeds of fish in the world, it is also very attractive to the trawlers of other provinces and abroad who are constantly fishing in violation of international marine law, while leading to the extinction of most of the rare species of fish found in our ocean.
The hunting grounds of the Baloch Sea have already been made barren by the Guju Mafia of Sindh. Most of the fishermen and their dependents have become destitute, since the livelihood of these areas is entirely depended on the sea, markets and small businesses are also being badly affected by the trawlers. As for the trawlers coming within the country have been exploiting us economically for decades. Now it has come to the point that even the trawlers coming from abroad have decided to look at our sea. The Baloch fishermen are being deprived of two loaves of bread.