Fishing Industry
latest news & developments
Sardine deaths: high levels of pilchard herpesvirus found in South African fish
High levels of pilchard herpesvirus have been found in sardines involved in South Africa’s extensive mortality event, with the virus detected in all 15 fish in an initial…
A fight for survival: How West Coast fishers have stayed afloat in the pandemic
Small-scale fishers, abalone farmers, commercial trawlers, poachers: all have been affected, if not by fishing quotas, then by the pandemic
Virus leaves fishing high and dry
The recreational fishing industry, employing 94 000 people and generating R36-billion a year, pleads for permission to return to work before it collapses
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
Fear not, trout-fanciers: your alien fish are here to stay
The department of environmental affairs wants trout declared an invasive species, but a lobby group says this move will kill an important industry
Black farmers to get state funding
Among the plans are increased funds for black farmers and agri-processing to create jobs
Failed tuna venture debt could sink Mozambique
The country has everything going for it yet is plagued by debts and mismanaged budgets, as the disastrous $850mn fishing scheme clearly illustrates.
New app for small-scale fishing industry
The new app – known as Abalobi – signals a lifeline for fisherfolk who were marginalised and never had legal rights to fish marine resources.
Are these Kim’s ghost ships?
Some of the bodies found on mystery vessels are believed to be those of North Korean soldiers.
Row over fishing ‘quotas for pals’
Fishermen are up in arms over a scheme to take rights from the previously disadvantaged and give them to a new group of previously disadvantaged.
SA gung ho about mining oceans
The short-term profits from commercial exploitation of offshore mineral resources may imperil fishing communities.
Reel in Botswana’s wild west
Fishing licences for locals and the influx of traders from Zambia and the DRC should be controlled, writes Roman Grynberg.
Ocean View fishers drowned out by policy
The Ocean View fishers say they’re being forced into poverty by the government’s “flawed and corrupt” fishing permit processes.
Fishing for answers at poaching’s ground zero
Behind the Cape’s illicit perlemoen trade are whole communities that rely on the income the illegal abalone fishers bring in.
Subsistence fishers to be grouped into co-operatives
Indigent fishermen may have been thrown a lifeline in the fishing industry, which is facing unprecedented turbulence.