Small-scale fishers in the Western Cape appear to have reached a stalemate with the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) over the number of small-scale fishers that should be allowed to reapply for fishing rights. There is a history of this…
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Opinion. On the Assertion that MPAs are Indispensable for the Sustainable Management of SA’s...
By Mike Bergh, Scientific Consultant to SAPFIA, the South African Pelagic Fishing Industry Association
The MPA debate
I read with interest the 20 November FINSA article...
SASMIA to Appeal High Court Judgement on Squid Allocation to Small-scale Cooperatives
A lengthy struggle by the fishing industry to safeguard the commercial nature and economic stability of the Eastern Cape-based squid fishery, moved into a...
MFV Lepanto Preliminary Enquiry Report “a Useless Collection of Rubbish”
The long-awaited preliminary enquiry report into the cause of the sinking of the 63-year-old MFV Lepanto on 17 May 2024 has finally been released...
South Africa Review 2024
This year there has been a clear sense that the lingering COVID malaise has been shrugged off and, in its place, especially post the...
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