January 2018

The process of reviewing the Operational Management Procedure (OMP) used to manage the South African hake fishery is underway and a panel of international experts has contributed a number of recommendations that will strengthen and improve the review. The experts – Sean Cox of Canada, Malcolm Haddon of Australia, Daniel Howell of Norway and Andre …

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The South African research vessel Ellen Khuzwayo departed on Monday 22 January from Cape Town on the fifth and final leg of an innovative five-year experiment that is expected to shed light on the contentious subject of trawling and the impact it has on the seabed. Although bottom trawlers catch at least 20% of global …

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