“Please tell us what ‘co-operative’ means to you, DAFF?” Ask the KwaZulu Natal Coastal Links leaders and fishing communities at the KZN Coastal Links Provincial Workshop

“Please tell us what ‘co-operative’ means to you, DAFF?” Ask the KwaZulu Natal Coastal Links leaders and fishing communities at the KZN Coastal Links Provincial Workshop

by | Feb 26, 2018 | Coastal Links, Customary Rights, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing

Coastal Links KZN leaders and fishers are in shock. They have realised that DAFF’s understanding of the words ‘co-operative’, ‘co-management’ and ‘human rights’ is not the same as theirs. Fishing communities in this province have been waiting for the implementation of...

EASTERN CAPE FISHERS WANT ANSWERS! Small-scale fishers in the Eastern Cape voice their concerns about the future of ocean economy in South Africa on World Fisheries Day

by | Dec 8, 2017 | Customary Rights, Latest News, MPAs, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods

Coastal Links Eastern Cape small-scale fishers and their community members used World Fishers Day to highlight their plight in the province and voice their concerns over the extractive emphasis in Operation Phakisa, which is squeezing them further and further out of...

A judgement for all fishers! One year after the court ruling, Langebaan fishers demand to be included in the decisions about their livelihoods

by | Nov 3, 2017 | Coastal Links, Customary Rights, MPAs, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods

On the 31st October 2016, the Western Cape High Court ruled that the restrictive permit conditions that stopped the Langebaan traditional net fishers, including both the commercial and interim relief net fishers, from accessing their traditional fishing grounds in...