Topic: Fishing | GroundUp

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

Small-scale fishers could be allowed to catch new species

Department of Fisheries says it welcomes suggestions

By Liezl Human

Brief | 27 February 2024

Fishing companies take Creecy to court over quotas

Fishing Rights Allocation Process was “rushed and haphazardly allocated” says lawyer for fishers

By Liezl Human

News | 5 February 2024

Cape fishers worried about declining fish populations

“The South African story has already been written in Namibia” where there was a three-year moratorium on sardine and anchovy catch because stocks were so low

By Liezl Human

News | 24 January 2024

Australian company to start seismic survey off West Coast in January

Environmental report acknowledges that seismic blasts, which are much louder than gunshots, can kill fish particularly those with swim bladders

By Steve Kretzmann

News | 7 December 2023

Western Cape small-scale fishers finally get their rights

Fisheries department announces long-awaited permits finalised in the Western Cape

By Liezl Human

News | 15 November 2023

Cape Flats fishermen still catching carp despite City health warning

The municipality has suspended fishing at Zeekoevlei due to high heavy metal levels, but people are still fishing in the Lotus River canal

Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.

News | 17 October 2023

Fresh water fishers demand formal recognition of their livelihoods

Masifundise inland fisheries report says sector needs government help

By Liezl Human

Brief | 29 September 2023

Minister promises new lease of life for Hout Bay harbour

Fishers to get their fishing rights and a new production and packaging facility

By Matthew Hirsch

News | 28 June 2023

South African activists urge French parliament to stop TotalEnergies’ “ocean grab”

Company criticised for huge profits amidst climate crisis

By Liezl Human

News | 23 February 2023

“Total madness”: Fishers protest against ocean drilling

TotalEnergies plans to drill for oil and gas between Mossel Bay and Cape St Francis

By Joseph Chirume

Brief | 9 February 2023

Final decisions on fishing rights only in October

Many fishers will be left stranded for months while waiting

By Liezl Human

News | 1 February 2023

Video: This abalone farm is starting to thrive

Inside a partly community-owned perlemoen farm that’s now producing 60 tonnes of the pricey gastropods every year

By Ashraf Hendricks and Liezl Human

Video | 25 January 2023

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