African penguin conservation wins with new fishing exclusion zones around key breeding islands
The applicants argue that the forestry, fisheries and environment minister’s interim fishing closures are ‘biologically meaningless’
The closures sound the ‘death knell’ for the seabirds
A fishing association has said it is concerned about the endangered penguins, but that the limits on fishing must not threaten the industry
But it is no ‘miracle intervention’ to save the imperilled seabirds, minister stresses
Halting fishing will be of little to no benefit to the penguins and fishers believe it will be a sad Christmas