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On Annie’s Watch. Naval Architecture Research to Benefit the ‘Blue Economy’
Six years ago Prof Annie Bekker from Stellenbosch University’s (SU’s) Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering was leading a research programme that examined every vibration,...
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Membership vs Legal Compliance in Waste Management. What’s the Difference?
Circular Energy, a Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) and a top advocate for ethical and lawful waste management practices, has issued an important clarification about...
Grant for Hake Deep-Sea Trawl Fisheries
The South Africa and Namibian hake fisheries are beneficiaries of the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) new cycle of Ocean Stewardship Fund projects. Funding support awarded...
David Attenborough Doccie Stirs Bottom Trawling Debate
Modern bottom trawling has moved away from its destructive past depicted in the documentary film OCEAN with David Attenborough, says the UK fishing industry....
On Annie’s Watch. Naval Architecture Research to Benefit the ‘Blue Economy’
Six years ago Prof Annie Bekker from Stellenbosch University’s (SU’s) Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering was leading a research programme that examined every vibration,...
Third Vessel Delivery to SA Navy
The third Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessel (MMIPV), SAS Adam Kok III, has been delivered to the South African Navy by Damen Shipyards Cape Town...
Empowering Equity or Overreach? The Implications of Proposed Changes to EE Legislation
In the ever-evolving landscape of labour law and social justice, South Africa's Employment Equity Act (EEA) has long served as a tool for redressing...
Does the Minister Have his Ear to the Ground?
If you haven’t read it yet the verdict of the South Africa Fisher People’s Tribunal is an eye opener and the government should be...
New Survey Application for Cape South Coast
The departure of TotalEnergies EP South Africa (TEEPSA) as the operator of Block 11B/12B in late 2024 is not the end of the story...
There’s a Catch to Paying Fishers to Release Sharks in the Name of Conservation
Paying fishers to release sharks accidentally caught in their nets can incentivise conservation action – but there’s a catch, writes Hollie Booth, University of Oxford
Sharks...
Scientists in Antarctica. Why They’re There and What They’ve Found
A media storm blew up in mid-March 2025 when a researcher at South Africa’s isolated Sanae IV base in Antarctica accused one of its...
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Commercial Squid Fishery is Not “Entitled”
The Vision Fishing Primary Cooperative and the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment have told the Western Cape High Court that the South...
David Attenborough Doccie Stirs Bottom Trawling Debate
Modern bottom trawling has moved away from its destructive past depicted in the documentary film OCEAN with David Attenborough, says the UK fishing industry....
Good Catch! Biggest Black Musselcracker Caught
Pietermaritzburg fishing enthusiast, Devan Naicker, has been making the news with his latest catch, a 47kg black musselcracker.
The huge black musselcracker caught by...
On Annie’s Watch. Naval Architecture Research to Benefit the ‘Blue Economy’
Six years ago Prof Annie Bekker from Stellenbosch University’s (SU’s) Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering was leading a research programme that examined every vibration,...
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