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The 51 trawler owners and operators in South Africa’s Deep Sea Trawling Industry Association (SADSTIA) yesterday received word that the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has approved a further five-year certification for the deep-sea trawl fishery. Read the MSC public certification report here This is the third time the fishery has secured certification from the MSC, […]

A groundbreaking initiative to better understand the impacts that trawling may have on the seabed entered an important second phase this week when the research vessel, Ellen Khuzwayo, left Cape Town for a week-long survey of the trawl grounds known as Karbonkel. Karbonkel is situated on the continental shelf, offshore of Port Nolloth and three

SADSTIA members were provided with a unique opportunity to showcase the progress they have made with sustainable fisheries initiatives when the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) hosted its annual Stakeholder Council meeting in Cape Town last week. The MSC is the oldest and most respected seafood certification body in the world and the South African trawl fishery

Roy Bross, Executive Secretary of SADSTIA and a friend to all who were involved in the South African fishing industry, has died in Cape Town at the age of 74. True to his nature, Roy worked for SADSTIA right up until he took ill in late July. A real individual, with an analytical mind and

A remarkable 99% reduction in the number of albatrosses that are accidentally injured and sometimes killed by trawlers proves that the fishing crews who work in South Africa’s deep-sea hake fishery are well trained in responsible fisheries practices and very serious about constantly improving the environmental performance of the fishery, says SADSTIA executive secretary, Roy

Stunning images of the fishes and marine life living on or close to the seabed nearly half a kilometer under the sea, have been gathered by University of Cape Town (UCT) scientists working with a submersible camera off the west coast of South Africa. The scientists collected the images in the first of a series

A team of UCT scientists equipped with a state-of-the-art underwater camera, is currently working in deep water near Port Nolloth to test the impact that trawling may have on typically trawled seabed. The team, headed by UCT associate professor, Colin Attwood, and accompanied by an engineer from the fishing industry, is conducting its experiments using

The approach used to manage the South African hake fishery is working well and the resource has been recovering well from a low point in 2006. This was one of the main findings of an international panel of experts who conducted an assessment of South African stock assessments in December. Click here to download the