by Masifundise | Sep 15, 2017 | Food Sovereignty, Small-scale Fishing, WFFP
The 7th General Assembly (GA7) of the World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP) is approaching and the National Fishworkers’ Forum (NFF), the Indian organization who will host the assembly in Delhi, has organized a number of fundraising campaigns rooted in the principles of...
by Masifundise | Sep 15, 2017 | Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Uncategorized
Last week, DAFF informed CLSA fishers from Western and Northern Cape of the recommendation made by DAFF’s scientific working group to reduce the Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for West Coast Rock Lobster (WCRL) to 790 tonnes. The recommendation is to reduce the quota for...
by Masifundise | Sep 8, 2017 | Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
On the 17th of August, the Coastal Links South Africa (CLSA) National Executive Committee, representing fishing communities from all four Coastal Provinces, came together with Masifundise Development Trust and Partner Organisations (POs), the Legal Resources Centre...
by Masifundise | Sep 8, 2017 | Latest News, MPAs, Small-scale Fishing
On Sunday, 3rd of September 2017, Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa announced the resignation of iSimangaliso Wetland Park’s CEO, Andrew Zaloumis. While his resignation has met with expression of admiration both from government agencies and...
by Masifundise | Mar 15, 2017 | Coastal Links, Discussion Papers, Latest News, Policy Process
A hard-fought struggle to have rights and traditional way of life restored for Langebaan fishers was pulled away from under fishers’ noses when the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) issued fishing permits with conditions for the 2017/2018...
