Small Scale Fishers
latest news & developments
Small-scale fishers take oil exploration fight to high court
The applicants are challenging a government decision that could pave the way for oil exploration in the Deep-Water Orange Basin off the west coast
Local fishing communities struggle against exclusion and ocean industrialisation
The first Fisher People’s Tribunal paints a picture of small-scale fishing communities under pressure from exploration and mining, conservation, and the government
West Coast fishers hail court victory halting seismic survey
The Legal Resources Centre hails court order as stunning victory for indigenous communities along the coast
West Coast seismic battle heads to court
Fourteen applicants, including small-scale fishers, have filed an urgent application in the Western Cape high court to interdict the Australian-based Searcher Seismic, Searcher…
St Lucia Lake fisher community say they are not ‘poachers’
KwaNibela residents rely on the fish and reeds they harvest within the protected iSimangaliso Wetland Park. But authorities consider this poaching, threatening the community’s…
Seismic surveys on West Coast pose threat to small-scale fishers’ livelihoods and culture
They are worried about the effect of blasting on the snoek fishery, which is the basis of their income
Wild Coast communities blast Mantashe’s defence of Shell’s seismic survey
Groups opposed to multinational’s offshore search for oil and gas say that the energy minister shows his ignorance by blaming white environmentalists for wanting to ‘protect…
Shell seismic ops: ‘Our ancestors’ blood was spilt protecting the land and sea’
Communities along the Wild Coast have approached the high court in Makhanda for an urgent interdict to stop Shell from initiating seismic survey operations
Complaint brought against Karpowership enviro consultants for not doing study on underwater noise
Department of forestry, fisheries and the environment says there could be criminal charges
‘Who will feed my children if these powerships chase the fish away?’
Final EIAs for controversial Karpowership projects submitted to environment minister Barbara Creecy