Cape fishers worried about declining fish populations
By Liezl Human Mario Jacobs is worried. He has had a commercial fishing license since 1998, and has an... Read more
24 Jan, 2024
Fisherman bitten while freeing shark from his fishing gear
Cape Town – A 62-year-old fisherman in Jeffreys Bay was bitten by a ragged tooth shark he accidentally caught... Read more
7 Jan, 2024
Drone fishing in SA is a danger to sharks and may be unfair to other fishers – study
Alexander Claus Winkler, Rhodes University “Drone fishing” is a relatively recent innovation in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles.... Read more
4 Dec, 2023
South Africa enacts fishing ban to protect endangered penguin
Johannesburg — South Africa said on Friday it will impose a 10-year ban on fishing near penguin colonies in... Read more
5 Aug, 2023
Namibia to cull 86 000 seals
Windhoek – Namibia’s annual sea hunt officially starts from Saturday and will see 86 000 Cape fur seals slaughtered... Read more
1 Jul, 2023
EU looks to boost boat tracking to fight overfishing
Brussels — The EU is moving towards extra tracking and putting cameras on fishing boats to monitor their catches... Read more
31 May, 2023
Floods in Central African Republic leave fishermen stranded
Bangui – Dawn is just breaking over the Central African Republic’s (CAR) capital Bangui as Pacome Koyeke glides his... Read more
10 Nov, 2022
Mountainous Lesotho finds gold in trout fish farming
Lejone – It’s harvest time in Lejone, a small village nestling in mountains in southern Africa more than two... Read more
19 Oct, 2022
DRC fishermen pin hopes on tourism as stocks dwindle
Kisangani – Fishermen perch precariously on wooden scaffolds stretching over turbulent rapids in northeastern Democratic Republic Congo, hauling up... Read more
14 Sep, 2022
Seaweed onslaught disrupts Sierra Leone fishing and tourism
Freetown – A mass of brown seaweed has for weeks choked the coastline of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown, damaging... Read more
26 Jul, 2022
