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Department of forestry, fisheries and environment says drone angling is illegal, is a threat to imperilled fish and sharks and small scale fisher livelihoods. (MUJAHID SAFODIEN/AFP via Getty Images)
BARBARA CREECY

Manufacturers lose court battle over ban on drone fishing

Department says drone angling is illegal, is a threat to imperilled fish and sharks and small scale fisher livelihoods

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
Disappearing: The mega-stars of the shark world such as the great white get attention, which means that others — like the ghost shark (above) — are forgotten in conservation efforts. Photo: NOAA/OER
DAVID EBERT

Searching for South Africa’s ‘lost sharks’ to save them from extinction

Many may be vanishing before our eyes without anyone paying significant attention

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
BYCATCH

Hake fishing gets eco-label for fourth time

But endangered sharks and rays are falling through the net, and other imperilled species are being scooped up as bycatch, conservation groups warn

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read