Fishing Vessel Safety Audits Start
The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) has launched its comprehensive Fishing Vessel Safety Audit campaign aimed at enhancing safety standards within the country’s...
Fishing Vessel Safety Audits to Start
For many it is a pleasingly development that greater scrutiny will be on the state of safety compliance by fishing companies regarding their fishing...
Pioneering IMO GloNoise Partnership Project Workshop
Global maritime experts, policymakers, and stakeholders have gathered in Cape Town to address the critical issue of Underwater Radiated Noise (URN) from commercial ships...
Ministers Call for Marine Court of Enquiry
Pleasing news today is that the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) has completed the draft report into the sinking of the MFV Lepanto...
AOC Backs Marine Safety as it Prepares for Inaugural African Indaba
The African Oceans Council (AOC) is supporting the call by Transport minister, Barbara Creecy, for the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) to conduct...
Crew Safe but Sea Harvest’s MFV Armana Another Loss to the Sea as Minister...
The news of the fire onboard Sea Harvest’s MFV Armana and the rescue of all 20 crew members once again raises the question of...
Stability of Fishing Vessels. The Fine Line Between Safety and Commercial Considerations
“Water can both float and sink a ship”. (Ancient Chinese proverb). A literal reading of this proverb summarises one of the central dilemmas faced...
MFV Lepanto Update. Sea Harvest Refuses Protest Memorandum as Families Wait Anxiously for News
No further news has been forthcoming about the investigation into the sinking of the MFV Lepanto but this story took another turn earlier today...
UPDATE. No Word Yet About Investigation into Sinking of MFV Lepanto
The news last week of the 18 Filipino seafarers rescued from a cargo carrier that ran aground South of Brand se Baai on the...
Tragedy Mars KwaZulu Natal South Coast Sardine Haul
The excitement of huge nets of sardines at Umgababa on the KwaZulu Natal South Coast has been marred by tragedy following the capsize of...
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Millions on the Line as Braxton Shipping Continues to Fight Prejudice
One wonders why new entrants into the fishing industry even bother. There are many stories of the uphill battles they have in getting the...
The Fine Line Between African Penguin Conservation and Commerce
It’s a fine line between conservation and commerce. Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, has moved quickly to implement agreed...
UP Whale Unit Plans Move to Hermanus
A new South African Whale Centre is planned for Hermanus, the whale capital of South Africa. It will house the Whale Unit of the...
Avian Flu Confirmed on Marion Island
The presence of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus in six bird species on Marion Island has been confirmed.
According to the Department of...
