Fishing
Perlemoen farm gives hope to West Coast community
Doring Bay Abalone, 37% owned by the community, produces about 60 tonnes of abalone per year, mostly to legally export to China.
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 24 January 2023
“If they are coming to drill oil, who can guarantee there will be fish left in 15 years time?”
West Coast fishers respond to TotalEnergies’ plans to drill for oil and gas
By Liezl Human
News | 20 December 2022
Saldanha Bay residents voice support for Karpowership
The controversial company, which uses fossil fuels to generate power from ships, claims it will create 240 jobs in the West Coast town
By Liezl Human
News | 2 December 2022
Companies are rushing to explore offshore oil and gas
Environmental activists want all exploration stopped
By Liezl Human
Brief | 9 November 2022
New fishing quotas to be allocated
But only original applicants may apply for rights
By Liezl Human
News | 6 September 2022
Small scale fishers call for halt to gas and oil exploration
“When foreign companies drill oil in our oceans, fish die”
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 15 August 2022
Western Cape fishers want rights allocation process to be started all over again
Small fishing companies say they’re at a disadvantage
By Liezl Human
News | 28 July 2022
Court bid to stop seismic survey starts today
Shell’s attempt to explore for oil and gas off the Wild Coast was interdicted late last year pending the outcome of this hearing
News | 30 May 2022
We can still save our abalone and lobster stocks - here’s how
We need more inspectors, and we need the urgent implementation of the small-scale fisheries policy
Science | 4 May 2022