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Illegal fishing off Somalia risks piracy return: report

Rampant illegal fishing by foreign trawlers off Somalia's once pirate-infested coastline is threatening economic gains in the Horn of Africa nation and could push communities back to maritime crime, a report warned Tuesday.

Somalia's fearsome pirates often justified their attacks because they were unable to compete with foreign fishermen.

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