Burela’s longliners get ecolabel certification
Galicia’s Minister of the Sea Rosa Quintana has welcomed the Pescaenverde certification awarded to the Port of Burela PO’s (OPP-7) demersal longline fleet. According to the government of Galicia, this…
South Africa’s hake trawl fishery has been re-certified by the MSC. Image: SADSTIA
New five-year certification for SA’s hake fishery
After an exacting 12-month re-assessment, the South African hake trawl fishery has been certified ‘sustainable’ by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) for a fourth five-year period. ‘The South African hake…
MCK Engineering is one of 1041 SMMEs to benefit from an association with the hake deep-sea trawl fishery. Image: SADSTIA
Hake fishery provides lifeline for smaller enterprises
An engineering company at Saldanha Bay in South Africa that employed five people in 2007 has grown into a multifaceted organisation with 72 employees, thanks to its association with the…
Landing hake from a Namibian trawler. Image: MSC/Oliver Binneman
MSC certifies Namibian hake fishery
MSC certification of Namibia’s hake trawl and longline fishery recognises progress made by the Namibian government and fishing industry in rebuilding hake stocks as it becomes the first fishery in Namibia,…
Hake is a key species for South Africa's fisheries
Learn from the past – industry’s message to SA government
According to industry body SADSTIA, the South African Deep-Sea Trawling Industry Association, the 2016 allocation of rights to the hake inshore trawl fishery was a costly policy and administrative mistake…
Sea Harvest chief executive Felix Ratheb has been elected as chair of South African industry association SADSTIA. Image: Sea Harvest
SADSTIA elects a new chairman
The South African Deep-Sea Trawling Industry Association (SADSTIA) has elected Sea Harvest chief executive Felix Ratheb as the Association’s new chair, taking over from his Sea Harvest colleague, Terence Brown,…
South Africa and Namibia are encouraged by an international panel to collaborate on management of deep-sea hake stocks. Image: Sea Harvest
Collaboration is the key to managing hake stocks
A panel of five international fisheries experts has encouraged South Africa to work more closely with neighbouring Namibia in managing deep-water hake stocks. The experts, who spent a week in…
Giuseppe Scarcella, Jim Andrews and Johanna Pierre will scrutinise every aspect of the management of the hake deep-sea trawl fishery and assess it against the MSC standard. Image: SADSTIA
MSC re-assessment underway in Cape Town
The South African hake fishery was one of the first fisheries in the world to be certified as sustainable and well-managed by the Marine Stewardship Council, and it remains the…
Impala Fishing operates 28 metre fresher trawler Okombahe with two other small rights holders. Image: SADSTIA
Investment is the key to success
Ask Celeste Diest how she got her start in fishing and she’ll tell you about running errands for her father, Harry Cottle, a ‘coloured’ entrepreneur who through sheer determination established…
SADSTIA was welcomed the decision to postpone the allocation of long-term rights, subject to a comprehensive socio-economic study. Image: SADSTIA
South Africa’s trawl sector welcomes postponement of long-term rights allocation
The South African Deep-Sea Trawling Industry Association (SADSTIA) has welcomed the publication of a Government Gazette which effectively suspends the Fishing Rights Allocation Process (FRAP) that would have culminated in…