The South African Sustainable Seafood Initiative (SASSI) was launched in 2004 to drive change in the local seafood industry. Jack Walsh, a stalwart of the commercial fishing industry, knows just about everything there is to know about fishing. He has scrutinised the SASSI programme and has drawn the conclusion that it is perhaps less effective than it is meant to be. He recommends some changes.
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