Fishing
Stop new mining on West Coast, say fishers
“We depend on the ocean”
By Liezl Human
News | 16 August 2024
Marine Protected Areas: Protection from whom?
Subsistence fishers battle for permission to fish while illegal fishing boats plunder our oceans
News | 2 August 2024
Big old fat fecund females: celebrating Marine Protected Areas Day
In spite of illegal fishing, our MPAs do work
News | 1 August 2024
Crucial penguin conservation plan heads to court
Minister accused of placing fishing industry interests above the survival of penguins
By John Yeld
News | 4 July 2024
TotalEnergies will destroy our livelihoods say small scale fishers
South African fishers joined a picket outside the company’s AGM in France last week
By Liezl Human
Brief | 31 May 2024
Large fishing companies oppose squid quotas in court
The commercial industry is being “greedy” says Eastern Cape small-scale fisher
By Liezl Human
Law | 16 May 2024
Durban fishers demand access to piers
eThekwini municipality says fishers are banned from these spots because they violated City by-laws
News | 7 May 2024
Police and soldiers deployed to tiny West Coast fishing village
Controversial boat quotas to be reconsidered after meeting with Hondeklip Bay fishers, says fisheries department
By Liezl Human
News | 3 April 2024
Small-scale fishers threaten to take government to court
Unhappiness over fisheries department’s boat allocations
By Liezl Human
News | 22 March 2024