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SADSTIA’s Annual Review 2023 is available now

The allocation of long-term, 15-year rights to 37 companies, the celebration of SADSTIA’s important 50-year anniversary milestone, and the auditing of the hake trawl fishery in compliance with the Marine Stewardship Council certification are some of the topics covered in SADSTIA’s 2023 Annual Review.

SADSTIA’s 50th anniversary brochure

In 2024, the South African Deep-Sea Trawling Industry Association celebrated its half-century, a laudable achievement for any member-based organization. In this brochure, SADSTIA proudly reflects on the central role the Association has played in the development and management of the South African fishing industry. The artwork featured in the anniversary brochure was produced by Kimberlyn …

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SADSTIA welcomes newly appointed Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

SADSTIA Chairman Innocent Dwayi, has extended his congratulations to Dion George, newly appointed Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, and assured him of the Association’s intention to work constructively with government to strengthen the fishing industry in South Africa.  “We welcome the appointment of Dr Dion George as Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the …

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SADSTIA celebrates its 50th anniversary

The South African Deep-Sea Trawling Industry Association celebrated its 50th anniversary at an intimate dinner for members and stakeholders in April 2024. Also in attendance were representatives of key partner organisations including the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE), the South African Maritime Safety Authority and the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications.   Welcoming …

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Deep-sea trawling industry welcomes the conclusion of lengthy rights allocation process

The South African Deep-Sea Trawling Industry Association (SADSTIA) has welcomed the conclusion of a four-year process that resulted in the allocation of long-term, 15-year rights in the deep-sea trawl fishery for hake. The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, announced her appeal decisions in the hake deep-sea trawl fishery on 4 October …

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Bottom trawling is sustainable – when it is well managed

Well-managed bottom trawl fisheries produce food with a much lower environmental impact than any animal protein, including chicken, pork and beef. This is one of the findings of a paper published in July in the respected ICES Journal of Marine Science. Titled Evaluating the sustainability and environmental impacts of trawling compared to other food production …

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The trawling industry is working hard to meet MSC milestones

Auditors Jim Andrews and Guiseppe Scarcella of LRQA are pictured with Johann Augustyn (centre), Secretary of SADSTIA, during a visit to Cape Town in June. Academics, conservationists and a number of divisions within the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, participated in the annual surveillance audit of the South African trawl fishery for hake …

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