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2024/25 West Coast Rock Lobster Season Announced
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...
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How Valid are MPAs to the South African Marine Environment?
Questions have been raised about the validity of most of the MPAs (and especially further MPAs) to the South African marine environment and about...
Spotlight on Environmental Crime as South Africa Tightens Compliance
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?
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
Given the hydrocarbon developments offshore Namibia and what it means for the country, this year there has been renewed focus on positioning its blue...
Massive Fine for Contravening Environmental Laws
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
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
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
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
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...
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ITAC Ban on Purchasing and Importing Used Fishing Vessels into South Africa
Over the last few years, it has become apparent that the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) is refusing to allow the import of used / secondhand fishing vessels into South Africa.
International Ocean Economy Stakeholders to Meet in SA for Innovation Summit
Hundreds of stakeholders will gather in Cape Town next month for the Ocean Innovation Africa Summit and exhibition. They will be exploring ocean conservation...
South Africa’s Great White Sharks are Changing Locations – They Need to be Monitored...
South Africa is renowned for having one of the world’s biggest populations of great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias). Substantial declines have been observed, however, in places where the sharks normally gather on the coast of the Western Cape province. Sharks congregate at these locations to feed, interact socially, or rest.
Meet Larvika Singh, Production Scientist & Convenor, Demersal Scientific Working Group
Production scientist, Larvika Singh is taking significant strides towards improving the quality of data available for the management of the midwater trawl fishery for horse mackerel. As convenor of the Demersal Scientific Working Group (DSWG), she also plays an important role in the management of the trawl fishery for hake.
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