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‘Fishing for Freedom’ Tour Starts Tomorrow

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Coastal fishing communities will be able to express their wishes about building their harbour economy this week when the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and...

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‘Fishing for Freedom’ Tour Starts Tomorrow

Coastal fishing communities will be able to express their wishes about building their harbour economy this week when the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and...

Another Fishing Tragedy

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Another tragedy at sea has claimed the life of a well-known Mossel Bay fisherman whose ski-boat washed ashore east of Gouritsmond on Sunday. The body...

More Controversy For Namibian Fishing Industry

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The Namibian fishing industry is dogged by more controversy, this time the new Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, Mac Hengari. The Namibian media...

The Merchant Shipping Bill: Charting Troubled Waters

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In recent months, the Merchant Shipping Bill introduced in the Parliament of South Africa has stirred vigorous debate among stakeholders in the maritime industry, civil society,...

Brainstorming a Future Maritime Industry

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For years, skills development and succession planning has been a bugbear of the maritime industry at large. Hopefully this has now been put to...

Commercial Licence Granted to Namibia Atlantic Salmon Farm

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Norway-based African Aquaculture Company (AAC) has secured a 15-year “Offshore Commercial Phase” licence to develop a commercial salmon farming and production facility in Namibia.  The...

Nooooo! Phosphate Mining in a National Park – Surely Not

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Sorry to say, but chat about Earth Day on social media is frankly insincere. It doesn’t help that while the official government line is...

Namibia Marine Mortalities Linked to Floods

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Over the past few weeks there has been the unusual sight just north of Swakopmund, Namibia, of thousands of octopus carcasses and a variety...

Oceana Group Pays Forward to Keep an Eye on Seafood Innovations

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The Oceana Group has invested USD1.5 million into in the US-based Hatch Accelerator Fund II, managed by Hatch Blue. The Hatch Accelerator Fund II invests...

Vessel Management Contract Up for Grabs Again

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The five-year contract to manage the research and supply ship , SA Agulhas 11 and the environmental research vessel, the Algoa, is up for renewal again. Currently managed...
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Spotlight on Africa and World Aquaculture

Nod for ADZ. Operation Phakisa Unlocks Potential in Saldanha Bay

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The nod for the proposed sea-based Aquaculture Development Zone (ADZ) in Saldanha Bay, Western Cape, is expected to contribute further towards the realisation of...

Court Application Lodged for Review of Small-Scale Fishing Squid Effort

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A year ago, in June 2021, South Africa's commercial squid sector heard that it would be losing 15% of available squid effort to the...

Coega Aquaculture Zone One Step Further

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A land-based aquaculture development zone (ADZ) in the Eastern Cape is one of several coastal-dependent industries that will legally be discharging water into the ocean.

Defence Budget Squeeze Limits Sea Security Patrols

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The South African Department of Defence is feeling the squeeze on its fast dwindling budget. It has had to reallocate more than R5 billion...
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