 The fishery sector in Yemen plays a crucial role in providing food and essential nutrients to over 100,000 families in the coastal areas of Yemen. But fishing is not always an easy job for the fishers that you see here behind me. The fishing livelihoods have been affected a lot by the conflict that has marked this country for nearly seven years. A lot of infrastructure has been destroyed. Fishing boats, ports and other port infrastructure has been destroyed and many fishers have lost their lives. But conflict is not the only factor that makes fishing dangerous in Yemen. Every rains, floods and other climate hazards make these farmers and these fishermen prone to dangerous and even lose their lives. I'm standing now in front of the first automatic marine station that was established by FAO with the support of the European Union. This station is one of the eight automatic weather stations that FAO has established throughout the country to improve the way agrometrological information is collected and analyzed. The data received by this station will improve the way we receive information on the status of the sea and will also improve the day-to-day work and livelihoods of the fisheries who are very important in Yemen. Meteorological data is very important not only to fishermen but also to other people who work in the sea, marine navigation, researchers and in general the safety of this port.