A dredge head with cutting teeth that completely removes a three-metre layer of the seabed. This is the type of machinery that would be deployed if mining for marine phosphates were to go ahead in South Africa. This animation produced by the Safeguard our Seabed Coalition − of which SADSTIA is a member − provides …
Animation captures the dangers of mining marine phosphates Read More »
In contrast to commonly held views that bottom trawling transforms large portions of the seabed into an underwater desert, the impacts are highly variable and recovery times for plants and animals disturbed by trawling depend on the type of gear used and a range of environmental variables. These are some of the findings of an …
International study measures the impact of trawling on the seabed Read More »
SADSTIA communications consultant, Claire Attwood, was among seven South African marine scientists, technicians and science communicators to win recognition at the three-yearly South African Marine Science Symposium that was held in Port Elizabeth in July. Attwood won one of two Marine and Coastal Communicator awards. These awards are made to individuals or groups of individuals …
SADSTIA communications manager wins SANCOR award Read More »
“The Marine Living Resources Act prescribes the need to restructure the fishing industry to address historical imbalances and to achieve equity within all branches of the industry. The deep-sea trawl fishery is surely on its way to achieve this equity”. So says newly elected chairman of SADSTIA, Terence Brown, who has announced a radical change …
The UCT graduate will spend the next 12 months working closely with SADSTIA secretary, Johann Augustyn, gaining as much knowledge about the deep-sea trawling industry and its management as she can. Fisokuhle took up her position with SADSTIA following a rigorous interview and assessment process that was facilitated by WWF-South Africa. She is one of …
Fisokuhle Mbatha, has begun a year long internship with SADSTIA. Read More »
Clyde Bodenham, chairperson of SAHLLA and Tim Reddell, chairperson of SADSTIA signed the Code of Conduct A Code of Conduct signed by SADSTIA and the South African Hake Longline Association (SAHLLA) is expected to dramatically reduce conflicts between trawlers and longline fishing vessels that target hake on the same fishing grounds. The Code of Conduct …
Code of Conduct ushers in new era of cooperation in the fishing industry Read More »
By agreement of both parties – Viking Inshore Fishing and the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries – the review of the allocation of rights to the inshore trawl fishery for hake and sole that was set to begin in the Cape High Court yesterday, 6 February 2017, has been postponed to late April 2017. …
Barrie Rose, whose sustained effort to improve the environmental performance of the South African trawling fleet over a period of 30 years resulted in several major gains for the environment, has passed away in Cape Town. Barrie was fatally injured after a fall from the rocks while fishing at Cape Point on Friday 30 December. …
