by Masifundise | Sep 30, 2020 | Coastal Links, Featured News, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
Following the promulgation of the Small-scale Fishing Policy (SSFP) in 2012, the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) began registering new cooperatives along the coastline in 2016. From the beginning of the process, small-scale fishing (SSF)...
by Masifundise | Sep 30, 2020 | Featured News, Inland Fisheries, Latest News, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook
After six months of being barred from entering the Rolfontein and Oviston Nature Reserve, fishers in Norvalspont and Petrusville have finally been granted access to fish in their fishing grounds. The closure of these nature reserves resulted in a major loss of income...
by Masifundise | Feb 26, 2018 | Coastal Links, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Latest News, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods
Recently, the South African government has been actively rolling out its Small-scale Fishing Policy across four coastal provinces – the Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Kwa-Zulu Natal, and the Northern Cape, But, for small-scale fishers to benefit from livelihood...
by Masifundise | Dec 22, 2017 | Coastal Links, Discussion Papers, Featured News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods
Co-management is central to South Africa’s SSF Policy, which was the result of years of struggle, advocacy and engagement with government by small-scale fishers. The task now is to support a kind of co-management that reflects the values and principles of South...
by Masifundise | Dec 8, 2017 | Coastal Links, Food Sovereignty, Latest News, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods
The 10th Anniversary of the Equality Court Order that forced the then Minister of Fisheries, Marthinus Van Schalkwyk to amend the Marine Living Resources Act (MLRA) so that thousands of Small- Scale Fishers (SSF) along the South African coastline could be recognised,...
by Masifundise | 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...
