News - Yemen: Six Yemeni fishermen were killed, Thursday, off the coast of the city of Mocha, which is under the control of the US-Saudi mercenaries.

Local sources said that the fishermen drowned when their boat capsized near Mocha. While the reasons for the sinking of the boat are not yet known, sources suggested that the boat was targeted by the battleships of the aggression stationed in the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

In the past two days, three Yemeni fishermen were killed or wounded, as a result of a direct targeting of their boat by the US Navy off the coast of Mahra.

Yemeni fishermen are subjected to systematic targeting by the forces of aggression and their mercenaries, whether by killing or kidnapping, and the continued prevention of fishing, and the arrest of dozens of them.

Coastal communities in Yemen have suffered greatly in the ongoing bloody war. Fishing boats, ports and processing sites have been destroyed or damaged, and many fishermen have lost their lives.

The US-Saudi-led coalition launched airstrikes which hit fishing boats and markets, and mines were laid in the sea making the waters treacherous. To make matters worse, the exacerbation of piracy and attacks by the Eritrean authorities and the aggression forces against fishermen on the Yemeni coasts.

As of August 2019, at least 334 fishermen had been reported killed or injured since 2015, according to statistics from Yemen's fisheries authority. Others had been arrested and had their boats seized, while some were now detained in Saudi-run prisons in Yemen.

Local reports estimate that of Yemen's approximate 100,000 fishermen, since 2015 over a third (37,000) have quit and thus lost their income.fishermen and the fish sector in Yemen.