Editing Economy of Namibia (section)

====Fishing====
[[File:Celebrating 20 Years at Port Hercule (05110030) (44657164994).jpg|thumb|Workers on a governmental marine research vessel in Namibia]]
The clean, cold South [[Atlantic]] waters off the coast of Namibia are home to some of the richest fishing grounds in the world, with the ''potential'' for sustainable yields of 1.5&nbsp;million [[tonne]]s per year. Commercial fishing and fish processing is the fastest-growing sector of the Namibian economy in terms of employment, export earnings, and contribution to GDP.<ref>{{Cite book |author1=Blessing Chiripanhura |author2=Mogos Teweldemedhin |title=An Analysis of the Fishing Industry in Namibia: The Structure, Performance, Challenges, and Prospects for Growth and Diversification |publisher=African Growth and Development Policy |year=2016 |location=Namibia |pages=17–18 |language=en |url=https://www.ifpri.org/publication/analysis-fishing-industry-namibia-structure-performance-challenges-and-prospects-growth |access-date=9 November 2023}}</ref>

The main species found in abundance off Namibia are pilchards ([[sardine]]s), [[anchovy]], [[hake]], and [[horse mackerel]]. There also are smaller but significant quantities of sole, squid, deep-sea crab, rock lobster, and tuna.<ref>{{cite web |title=Marine life in Namibia |url=https://namibian.org/nature/marine-life/ |website=namibian.org |publisher=Namibia Safari2go |access-date=26 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
At the time of independence, [[Fish stocks|fish stock]]s had fallen to dangerously low levels, due to the lack of protection and conservation of the [[fisheries]] and the [[over-exploitation]] of these resources. This trend appears to have been halted and reversed since independence, as the Namibian Government is now pursuing a conservative resource management policy along with an aggressive fisheries enforcement campaign.  The government seeks to develop fish-farming as an alternative and has prioritised it as part of Vision 2030 and NDP2.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mfmr.gov.na/documents/411764/436209/Aquaculture+Strategic+Plan.pdf/df025d1d-bc11-9831-5b49-cb11fe249d89?version=1.0&download=true|title=Namibia's Aquaculture Strategic Plan|date=May 2004|access-date=28 February 2023}}</ref>

On 12 November 2019, [[WikiLeaks]] published thousands of documents and email communication by [[Samherji|Samherji's]] employees, called the [[Fishrot Files]], that indicated  hundreds of millions [[ISK]] had been paid to high ranking politicians and officials in [[Namibia]] with the objective of acquiring the country's coveted fishing quota.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Helgi Seljan |author2=Aðalsteinn Kjartansson |author3=Stefán Aðalsteinn Drengsson |title=What Samherji wanted hidden |url=https://www.ruv.is/kveikur/fishrot/ |access-date=13 November 2019 |work=[[RÚV]] |language=is}}</ref>