Dynamite fishing, coral mining, and farm runoff take a toll

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Ryan Foundation International

Because of a seasonal cool-water upwelling, Somalia has only a few well-developed coral reefs, along its southern coast and the adjacent Bajuni Islands, and a few patch reefs off Mogadishu. These are threatened, like all East African reefs, with sedimentation from erosion and agricultural runoff, overfishing, blast fishing, and depletion of the coastal mangrove trees vital to reef health.