Fishing in the Maldives has been a long life blood of the country’s economy while it still employs half of the Maldivian workforce even to this date. There was a time when the island nation was identified for its fishing industry and the fishermen themselves who are under scorching sun or through storms to ensure they catch enough fish for the respective island communities to which they belonged to – after all, this was what put food on their tables, literally.
Initially, Maldives shipped 90% of dried tuna to Sri Lanka. However, following Sri Lanka’s decision to cut back on their imports of fish the island nation looked elsewhere for prospective opportunities to export their fish.
Various types of fish and fish related products remain the most exported commodity from the Maldives, which covers more than 50% of the country’s total exports.
All of this will not be possible without the blood, sweat and hard work of those who are at the ‘spine’ of the industry – the fishermen.
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