International Advice Sought on Small Pelagic Fishing Closures Around Penguin Colonies

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Did you know there's an African Penguin & Seabird Sanctuary at Gansbaai? It provides rehabilitative care to diseased, displaced, injured, oiled and abandoned marine birds. It is funded by the Dyer Island Conservation Trust.

An international panel of experts has been appointed to advise on the way forward to resolve a dispute between the small pelagic fishery, the science community and bird conservationists. This is related to the conservation of the endangered African penguin and follows the no-fishing extension around South Africa’s major penguin colonies to mid-April 2023.

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