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Fishing Trawlers

The Icelandic fisherman who fought the sharks – and won
Africa
/ 31 January 2020

The Icelandic fisherman who fought the sharks – and won

The story of Johannes Stefansson, who helped to pay massive bribes in Namibia – and survived death threats from Cape gangsters, and a poisoning attempt, to blow the whistle

By Simon Allison
​There’s a crisis in our oceans, illegal fishing dwarfs ivory and rhino horn poaching
Article
/ 18 July 2016

​There’s a crisis in our oceans, illegal fishing dwarfs ivory and rhino horn poaching

France, SA and Mozambique will give trawlers in the Mozambique Channel a harder time, but can they control the $23bn a year industry?

By Geoff Hill
Tide turns on stranded Cape Town trawler
Article
/ 16 May 2012

Tide turns on stranded Cape Town trawler

Attempts to salvage a 50m-long fishing trawler that was stranded off Clifton beach in Cape Town have been hampered, largely by low tides.

By Sapa
Crew at risk as fishing trawler runs aground in Clifton
Article
/ 12 May 2012

Crew at risk as fishing trawler runs aground in Clifton

Crew still aboard a 50m Japanese fishing trawler that has run aground in Clifton are at risk as fog and rising tides hamper rescue operations.

By Staff Reporter

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