Countries South Africa enacts fishing ban to protect endangered penguin Johannesburg — South Africa said on Friday it will impose a 10-year ban on fishing near penguin colonies in... Read more 5 Aug, 2023
Countries Namibia to cull 86 000 seals Windhoek – Namibia’s annual sea hunt officially starts from Saturday and will see 86 000 Cape fur seals slaughtered... Read more 1 Jul, 2023
World EU looks to boost boat tracking to fight overfishing Brussels — The EU is moving towards extra tracking and putting cameras on fishing boats to monitor their catches... Read more 31 May, 2023
Central African Republic Floods in Central African Republic leave fishermen stranded Bangui – Dawn is just breaking over the Central African Republic’s (CAR) capital Bangui as Pacome Koyeke glides his... Read more 10 Nov, 2022
Countries Mountainous Lesotho finds gold in trout fish farming Lejone – It’s harvest time in Lejone, a small village nestling in mountains in southern Africa more than two... Read more 19 Oct, 2022
Business DRC fishermen pin hopes on tourism as stocks dwindle Kisangani – Fishermen perch precariously on wooden scaffolds stretching over turbulent rapids in northeastern Democratic Republic Congo, hauling up... Read more 14 Sep, 2022
Countries Seaweed onslaught disrupts Sierra Leone fishing and tourism Freetown – A mass of brown seaweed has for weeks choked the coastline of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown, damaging... Read more 26 Jul, 2022
Countries At least 11 fishermen missing after Ghana vessel sinks Accra – Ghanaian authorities said on Monday they had rescued 15 people from a sinking trawler off the country’s coast... Read more 9 May, 2022
Business Senegal eyes economic boom in oyster farming Joal-Fadiouth – The mangrove swamp near Joal-Fadiouth, a fishing village in southern Senegal, teems with oysters. But hunting for... Read more 15 Apr, 2022
Countries Man drowns while assisting to search for victim caught and dragged into the water by a crocodile Cape Town – Police have reportedly confirmed that the body of a 35-year-old man, who drowned while assisting with... Read more 28 Feb, 2022