Countries South African poacher busted with over $55 000 in smuggled abalone Johannesburg – Police have arrested a suspected poacher in South Africa found with tens of thousands of dollars’ worth... Read more 15 Aug
Countries UPDATE | Missing fishermen presumed dead in SA shipwreck – minister Johannesburg – Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy on Sunday said that 11 fishermen, who went... Read more 20 May
Companies R72m deal to improve Saldanha Bay harbour Saldanha Bay’s fishing harbour on the South Africa’s West Coast is to receive a multimillion-rand makeover. Fishing group Sea... Read more 17 May
Business Police and soldiers deployed to tiny West Coast fishing village Snoek on the beach at Hondeklip Bay. Fishers are angry that they do not have vessel permits for linefish.... Read more 3 Apr
Companies Niger River’s ancient ‘water men’ under threat as silt piles up Niamey, Niger – Once again, the catch was meagre: two tiny fish escaped the nets and dropped into Ali... Read more 14 Mar
Business Small-scale fishers could be allowed to catch new species The Department of Fisheries is finalising policy for the small-scale fishing sector in the Western Cape. Archive photo: Ashraf... Read more 28 Feb
Business Fishing companies take Creecy to court over quotas By Liezl Human Fishing companies are challenging the Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries in court over the... Read more 6 Feb
Business Cape fishers worried about declining fish populations By Liezl Human Mario Jacobs is worried. He has had a commercial fishing license since 1998, and has an... Read more 24 Jan
Countries Fisherman bitten while freeing shark from his fishing gear Cape Town – A 62-year-old fisherman in Jeffreys Bay was bitten by a ragged tooth shark he accidentally caught... Read more 7 Jan
Agriculture Drone fishing in SA is a danger to sharks and may be unfair to other fishers – study Alexander Claus Winkler, Rhodes University “Drone fishing” is a relatively recent innovation in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles.... Read more 4 Dec, 2023