Court bars fishing to protect endangered African Penguins
Johannesburg – A South African court order issued on Tuesday barred for at least 10 years commercial fishing at... Read more
19 Mar
Fishing tragedy at Ngwaritsi river: Two Boys, 9 and 14, drown in heartbreaking incident
Cape Town – Two boys, aged 14 and 9, drowned in the Ngwaritsi River in Limpopo’s Sekhukhune District on... Read more
18 Nov, 2024
SA police make major abalone bust, arrest Chinese national, 2 Zimbabweans
Johannesburg – South African police said on Monday they had arrested a Chinese national and two Zimbabweans for allegedly... Read more
18 Sep, 2024
South African poacher busted with over $55 000 in smuggled abalone
Johannesburg – Police have arrested a suspected poacher in South Africa found with tens of thousands of dollars’ worth... Read more
15 Aug, 2024
UPDATE | Missing fishermen presumed dead in SA shipwreck – minister
Johannesburg – Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy on Sunday said that 11 fishermen, who went... Read more
20 May, 2024
R72m deal to improve Saldanha Bay harbour
Saldanha Bay’s fishing harbour on the South Africa’s West Coast is to receive a multimillion-rand makeover. Fishing group Sea... Read more
17 May, 2024
Police and soldiers deployed to tiny West Coast fishing village
Snoek on the beach at Hondeklip Bay. Fishers are angry that they do not have vessel permits for linefish.... Read more
3 Apr, 2024
Niger River’s ancient ‘water men’ under threat as silt piles up
Niamey, Niger – Once again, the catch was meagre: two tiny fish escaped the nets and dropped into Ali... Read more
14 Mar, 2024
Small-scale fishers could be allowed to catch new species
The Department of Fisheries is finalising policy for the small-scale fishing sector in the Western Cape. Archive photo: Ashraf... Read more
28 Feb, 2024
Fishing companies take Creecy to court over quotas
By Liezl Human Fishing companies are challenging the Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries in court over the... Read more
6 Feb, 2024
