For Chief Engineer, Ronald Cottee, Harvest Krotoa provides a challenging working environment. The vessel is driven by a powerful 3 000 HP Wärtsila engine and carries a complex array of winches used to deploy and retrieve its twin trawl nets. Ronald and his colleagues, Second Engineer Oscar Seide and engine room assistants Tembekile Mnyaka and Mwuzi …
“I started working as an engineering cadet, right after school” Read More »
Harvest Krotoa’s cook, George Erasmus, has witnessed many changes that have taken place in the deep-sea trawling industry and is proud to have played a role in improving working conditions for fishermen. George has worked in the trawling industry for 38 years and spent most of that time at sea, but for a period of …
Wherever you are on the fishing trawler Harvest Krotoa, you can be sure that the ship’s Bosun, Lumkile Sodela, is not far away. The energetic seafarer, who is known as Wiseman to his crew mates, is responsible for the safety of the deck hands who work in the exposed environment of the trawl deck. He …
I’ve gained a lot, working as the captain’s “right-hand man” Read More »
You don’t become the skipper of a fishing trawler overnight. It takes years of study and dedication. Some of the studying takes place in a classroom, but most knowledge is gained by working at sea; fishing in different seasons, weather conditions and on a variety of trawl grounds. Ryno Blaauw, skipper of the 47.6m, 1 …
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Johanna Loos, Anna Toontjies and Celeste Swartbooi are three of the women who work on Harvest Krotoa. Their crew mate, Rafieka Visagie was on shore leave when this photograph was taken. In 2007, Sea Harvest became the first fishing company in South Africa to offer women the opportunity to work at sea and Johanna Loos, …
Four international scientists worked with their South African counterparts at the University of Cape Town in late November to, among other things, review the operational management procedure (OMP) that has been proposed to recommend a total allowable catch for the hake fishery for the next four years. The scientists are Sean Cox of Canada, Sarah …
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In November, the assessment and selection of applicants for 10 internship positions was well underway following a September announcement that the South African Deep-Sea Trawling Industry Association (SADSTIA) is to sponsor 10 paid and structured internships in the field of environmental science over the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020. The internships form …
The experience of rebuilding the South African hake resource following its depletion by foreign fishing fleets in the 1960s and 1970s, and the management of the deep-sea trawl fishery since the 1980s, is documented in an important scientific Technical Paper published earlier this year. “Rebuilding of Marine Fisheries” was jointly prepared by the Food and …
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