FAO to promote sustainable fishing in Aceh

NEW YORK (Antara): The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has announced that it partners with the American Red Cross to help fishing communities in the tsunami torn area in Aceh province.

The program will help fishing community in the province to carry out fishing sustainable management. No detail about the program was reported.

FAO said in its recent statement that the program is to prevent overfishing and other activities that may cause further damage to the ecosystem, which is still recovering from the tsunami.

Aceh's western coastal area and Nias Island, North Sumatra, were devastated by an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and gigantic tsunami on December 26, 2004, which destroyed most of infrastructures, including harbors and fish markets.