Daily Maverick

DM is much better if you are signed in...

Enter your email below and we will send you a mail with a link or one-time pin to login

Sign in with OAuth

Get Support DM Shop Support DM

commercial fishing

Quiet fleet, Happy Feet — Algoa Bay penguins catch a break from marine noise, thanks to a tax tiff

Business Maverick

Quiet fleet, Happy Feet — Algoa Bay penguins catch a break from marine noise, thanks to a tax tiff

By Renée Bonorchis

Penguins survived multiple crises – but can Africa’s doughty ‘climate refugees’ ride the latest storms?

South Africa

Penguins survived multiple crises – but can Africa’s doughty ‘climate refugees’ ride the latest storms?

By Tony Carnie

Fishers left on tenterhooks with final decisions on fishing quotas only due in October

Politics

Fishers left on tenterhooks with final decisions on fishing quotas only due in October

By Liezl Human

Restrictions placed on commercial fishing close to endangered African penguin colonies

South Africa

Restrictions placed on commercial fishing close to endangered African penguin colonies

By Tembile Sgqolana

Hout Bay small-scale fishers say they’ve been scuppered by latest Fishing Rights Allocation Process

South Africa

Hout Bay small-scale fishers say they’ve been scuppered by latest Fishing Rights Allocation Process

By Liezl Human

Illegal feeding of Happy the seal by desperate fishers a sign of hardship, hunger and depleted stock

South Africa

Illegal feeding of Happy the seal by desperate fishers a sign of hardship, hunger and depleted stock

By Suné Payne

Illegal fish aggregating device use ups stakes for South African marine life and ecosystems

South Africa

Illegal fish aggregating device use ups stakes for South African marine life and ecosystems

By Katie Biggar for Roving Reporters