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Massive Fine for Contravening Environmental Laws

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The Dipaleseng Local Municipality in Mpumalanga has been fined R160 million for contravening environmental laws and significantly impacting the livelihoods of residents and livestock....

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Spotlight on Environmental Crime as South Africa Tightens Compliance

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The global challenge of wildlife crime and the many threats to the environment came under the spotlight recently at the Conference of Parties for...

How Indispensible Are Marine Protected Areas for Protecting the South African Marine Environment?

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Written by Professor Emeritus Doug Butterworth, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town Earlier this year, in an article in the Daily...

Namibia Review 2024 – Positioning the Blue and Green Economies

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Given the hydrocarbon developments offshore Namibia and what it means for the country, this year there has been renewed focus on positioning its blue...
Working With (out) Water - Trawling for Answer to the Western Cape Water Crisis

Massive Fine for Contravening Environmental Laws

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The Dipaleseng Local Municipality in Mpumalanga has been fined R160 million for contravening environmental laws and significantly impacting the livelihoods of residents and livestock....

Namibia Review 2024

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Namibia's election process on 27 November comes at the end of what has been a very busy year for its government, business community, and...

New CAF to be Formed, Nominations Now Open

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A new Consultative Advisory Forum (CAF) is to be formed in terms of section 5 of the Marine Living Resources Act. The Forum's term...

Ministers Call for Marine Court of Enquiry

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Pleasing news today is that the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) has completed the draft report into the sinking of the MFV Lepanto...

New Leader for Atlantis Foods

Seafood distributor, Atlantis Foods, has a new Managing Director who is a well known face in the fishing industry. Severiano Campos Pelaez has jumped ship....

2024/25 West Coast Rock Lobster Season Announced

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The 2024/2025 West Coast Rock Lobster Season Total Allowable Catch (TAC) and Applied Effort (TAE) has been announced. Recreational fishers have also been granted...

Flourishing Kelp Blue to Issue First Corporate Blue Bond

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Kelp Blue plans to issue Africa’s first corporate blue bond next year to expand its giant kelp forests along Namibia’s coast. The Namibian startup backed...
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Tuna Management. South Africa a Role Model

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South Africa's domestic tuna quotas remain largely underutilised. Moreover, large parts of the stocks of Southern Bluefin, Bigeye and Yellowfin tuna are fished by...
Stain on the horizon. Ocean acidification could be killing Sodwana corals

Workshops On New Commercial Diving Regulations

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The Department of Employment and Labour is hosting workshops to discuss the new commercial diving regulations.

Trawl Targeting by Design. Desert Diamond Large Pelagic Bycatch and Mammal Excluder Device

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Bycatch excluder devices are nothing new and many successful designs were introduced in fisheries where bycatch of either seals or turtles were problematic. There...

Tragedy Mars KwaZulu Natal South Coast Sardine Haul

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The excitement of huge nets of sardines at Umgababa on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast has been marred by tragedy following the capsize of...
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