In our time, food security has become a pivotal demand in the policies of countries globally, and comes within the priorities of the strategic security of developing and advanced countries alike. Food security achieves self -sufficiency, and plays a crucial role in achieving social stability at several levels.
A national food security strategy:
Food security has emerged as a major element occupied for sustainable development around the world, and the growth in the Middle East region, which faces great challenges, in natural resources, and the Kingdom of Bahrain has responded to these challenges by setting a national strategy based on enhancing local production and reducing dependence on food imports.
– The directions of marine resources:
In the context of this national strategy, to achieve food security, based on the preservation of natural resources and the rationalization of their exploitation, the most prominent measures that abound in and specialize in the Kingdom were, as the directives of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the king of the country, came to issue legal controls, which would preserve, protect and develop fish wealth as one of the most important food resources for citizens, and one of the sources of living and income The individual.
– Resolution No. (4) of 2025 .. Issuing high directives:
In implementation of these lofty directives, and in support of the government’s efforts in that, headed by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Prime Minister, in preserving marine wealth, and supplying food security in the Kingdom of Bahrain, His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the personal representative of His Majesty the Great King, Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Environment, Resolution No. (4) of 2025 to organize the Bahraini fisherman license to practice fishing Commercial, and Resolution No. (6) of 2025 regarding hunting controls using window, sores, attendance, and fishing threads.
A new step that enters into force:
This new step entered the implementation, on the twenty -eighth of last August, under Resolution No. (4) of 2025 after six months have passed since its issuance, to become a binding for all fishermen registered in the Kingdom of Bahrain, this decision issued by the Supreme Council for the Environment, is in fact not limited to organizing procedures for licensing fishermen, but rather carries a national and strategic vision aimed at promoting the presence of the Bahraini fisherman And ensuring the sustainability of marine resources.
– From administrative decisions to a strategic vision:
Consequently, this decision extends its horizons from administrative decisions to touching a strategic vision, as it is a definition of previous decisions that worked to control the fishing tools or determine his seasons, the new decision came to focus on the human first, it was necessary that the license personally not be assignable, and that the applicant be Bahraini nationality, as required the appropriate age, and the required efficiency, with the need for existence, with the need for existence, with the need for existence The Bahraini hunter is on board any ship. The decision prohibited the work of non -license, and set a specific ceiling for the number of crew members in proportion to the size of the ship, in a move aimed at breaking the monopoly of expatriate workers to the profession and achieving priority for the national element.
The Bahraini fisherman is the focus of protection and sustainability:
Thus, the decision confirms that the success of the efforts to protect the sea and the sustainability of its resources begins to enable the Bahraini fisherman itself, and considers it as a key partner in preserving marine wealth, and holding a social and environmental message that exceeds the limits of economic work. Through this empowerment, the hunter turns from a mere beneficiary of the laws to a pillar on which national policies related to food security and sustainable development are based.
– Protection of resources and enhancement of food security:
The decision also carries national dimensions that exceed its procedural details, as it works to organize the profession, it seeks long -term goals represented in ensuring food security by increasing dependence on local production, preserving natural resources from the risks of attrition, and consolidating responsible practices that balance the exploitation and protection.
A qualitative shift in marine policies:
Thus, it can be said that Resolution No. (4) of 2025 has formed a qualitative shift in the marine policies of the Kingdom, and it was not enacted to be merely organizational legislation, but rather to reflect a political will and a strategic vision that seeks to protect natural resources, as it seeks to enhance the position of the Bahraini fisherman as an official on marine wealth and preserve it and a partner in its development, and to confirm that Bahrain proceeds with steady steps towards the balance of the necessities of the economy with the necessity Environmental benefits and national identity.
