June 2023

Thursday 8 June 2023 marks the United Nation’s 15th World Ocean Day. The day was created in 2008 as a way to celebrate our world’s shared ocean and our personal connection to the sea. To mark World Ocean Day 2023, the Marine Stewardship Council created this list of ten incredible facts about food from the …

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SADSTIA researcher, Fisokuhle Mbatha, has been awarded a grant from the Marine Stewardship Council’s Ocean Stewardship Fund (OSF) to improve knowledge about the hake stocks that support the South African trawl fishery. The £3 200 (R78 000) student research grant will help to fund Mbatha’s doctoral studies which are concerned with the ways in which …

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The newly elected Executive Committee of the South African Deep-Sea Trawling Industry Association (SADSTIA), is more inclusive than ever before, signifying new energy for steering the trajectory of South Africa’s most important fishery. SADSTIA’s members generate approximately 50 percent of the value of South Africa’s fishery production. They catch, process and export a range of …

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