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fishing quotas

Commercial fishers red-flag looming conflict with small-scale sector amid abalone quota uncertainty, dwindling catches

Our Burning Planet

Commercial fishers red-flag looming conflict with small-scale sector amid abalone quota uncertainty, dwindling catches

By Liezl Human

The bureaucratic nightmare: Unlicensed Kalk Bay fishers beached by fishing quotas

Our Burning Planet

The bureaucratic nightmare: Unlicensed Kalk Bay fishers beached by fishing quotas

By Don Pinnock

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

Western Cape fishing quota allocation process to start again after high court judgment

South Africa

Western Cape fishing quota allocation process to start again after high court judgment

By Liezl Human

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

Restrictive quotas pricing traditional Kalk Bay fishers out of industry

South Africa

Restrictive quotas pricing traditional Kalk Bay fishers out of industry

By Liezl Human and Ashraf Hendricks

The abalone connection: The ties that bind poaching and smuggling with the SA crystal meth industry

South Africa

The abalone connection: The ties that bind poaching and smuggling with the SA crystal meth industry

By Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime