How will the displaced fishermen in Balhaf be compensated?
The LNG plant at Balhaf will result in the displacement of some of the traditional fishing activities in the bay. A plan has been formulated, in line with the World Bank Operational Policy 4.12 on resettlement and economic loss, in order to compensate the fishermen for losses of livelihood. To inform this mitigation planning and to support local consultation of fishermen, Yemen LNG commissioned McAlister Elliott and Partners, a specialist fisheries consultancy with experience in Yemen, to undertake a number of studies (carried out in December 2005) on the impact on local fisheries and their recommendations for local compensation measures. The fisheries study raised a number of options for short-term and long-term compensation measures which would benefit all of the communities of Al’Ayn Bay, including Jela’ah, the fishing community closest to Balhaf, and Bir Ali, the nearest fishing centre to the east. The proposed measures would reduce the costs of fishing, increase the value of the f
