Highlighting the importance of data
The importance of accurate reporting by the vessels operating in the South African trawl fishery for hake was the focus of a day-long workshop attended by skippers, fleet managers, vessel…
South African industry welcomes new minister
The chairman of South African fishing industry body SADSTIA, Innocent Dwayi, has extended his congratulations to Dion George, the country’s newly appointed Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, and…
Trawl sector working to maintain standards
Academics, conservationists and a number of divisions within the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment all participated in the annual surveillance audit of the South African trawl fishery for…
Research grant funds key hake study
SADSTIA researcher Fisokuhle Mbatha has been awarded a grant from the Marine Stewardship Council’s Ocean Stewardship Fund (OSF) to improve knowledge about the hake stocks that support the South African trawl fishery.…
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…
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…
