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Squeezed: Chris Arendse fixes his fishing net at his home in Strandfontein Pavilion in Cape Town. Small-scale fishers say the odds are stacked against them. Photos: Bongani Siziba
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Fishing subsidies in the W. Cape: ‘Illegal fishing is our only option’

Fishers claim they are forced into illegal trawling because subsidies only benefit big vessels

  • Bongani Siziba
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