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A South African court's groundbreaking ruling bans commercial fishing for a decade to protect endangered African penguins, marking a significant victory in the fight against extinction.
Thailand has netted more than 1. 3 million kilos of highly destructive blackchin tilapia fish, the government said, as it battles to stamp out the invasive species.
BirdLife South Africa and SANCCOB intensified legal efforts to protect African Penguins from extinction, challenging the Minister's ineffective fishing closures.
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The peculiar history of Bombay Duck, a fish delicacy with a storied past.
A 39-year-old skipper drowned off Cape Point, while two others survived.
DFFE Minister Barbara Creecy has requested that Fisheries Management grant a short extension of the Nearshore West Coast Rock Lobster fishing season from April 15 to 19.
Creecy recently issued her decisions on appeals in relation to the Small Pelagic: Anchovy and Small Pelagic: Sardine sectors.
The fishing and brands division reported a solid performance, with revenue up 19% to R566m, primarily due to an increase in the squid catch rates and volumes sold in the squid sector, compared to prior year.
The minister said she had given instructions for grant of rights letters to be issued to 62 small-scale fishing co-operatives, with a total membership of 3 850 declared fishers.
The ocean is essential to our existence and life on Earth. By developing, supporting and sharing capabilities and innovations, we have the potential to prevent biodiversity loss, enhance sustainable practices and contribute to global positive outcomes for our planet.
‘It’s very difficult to make a living out of the little the department gives’.
Ten billion snow crabs vanish in the Bering Sea. ScienceNews links the mass die-off to a climate-driven marine heatwave. What does this mean for Alaskan fisheries and the future of our oceans?
Japan will start releasing into the sea more than 1 million metric tonnes of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on August 24.
Local fishers in the Northern Cape are facing challenges exacerbated by climate change as they try to provide for their families.
According to Europol, it established that the criminal network is responsible for the trafficking of more than 25 tonnes of live glass eels worth €13 million (R265 million),
According to the Department, in February last 2022, it was alerted to devices, including bait-carrying drones, bait carrying remote-controlled boats and other remotely-operated vehicles that were being used by recreational anglers to illegally catch fish and sharks.
Kenya News Agency reported that local scientists investigating the massive deaths of caged fish on Lake Victoria have identified the up-welling of water as the cause.
The Responsible Fisheries Alliance is a group of like-minded organisations working together to underpin healthy marine ecosystems in southern Africa.
Fishing communities have until the end of November 2022 to complete their verification forms for the small-scale fisheries’ rights allocation process in the Western Cape.
The penguins have sounded the alarm and the depleted status of their shared sardine resource should be of major concern also to the small pelagic industry.
Billion dollar multi-national companies are stealing billions worth of fish stocks out of Africa’s vast coastline at a rapid pace.
The Sharks Board said it conducted an observation flight into the Eastern Cape waters to assess the movement of the sardine shoals thus far. They concluded that the sardines are on the way.
This paves way for Madagascar to join in the regional co-operation for combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and related fish crimes
Civil society groups and activists have fired back at Minister of Minerals and Energy Gwede Mantashe’s claim that taking oil exploration companies to court is “killing” investment opportunities in the country.