by Masifundise | Nov 2, 2016 | Coastal Links, Discussion Papers, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
Small–scale fishers in the Western Cape are up in arms over many issues affecting the sector in the Western Cape and nationally, especially the recently published provisional list of bona-fide fishers in the Western Cape, released by the Department of Agriculture...
by Masifundise | Oct 20, 2016 | Coastal Links, Discussion Papers, Latest News, Media Statements, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
Small-Scale Fishers in the Western Cape who registered to be verified as small-scale fishers by the Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) earlier this year, and do not make the provisional list to be published on Friday October 21, must make sure...
by Masifundise | Sep 29, 2016 | Discussion Papers, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
The Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries released a provincial gazette on fishing rights allocation in the Northern Cape. The gazette, released on the 9 of September states that small-scale fishing rights will be valid for a period of three years with an...
by Masifundise | Jul 27, 2016 | Discussion Papers, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing
Fish are very important to man economically. They are important 1. As food, 2. they give by-product 3. They can control diseases, and 4. are a source of income and employment to many developing regions and in low-income food-deficit countries (LIFDCs). Fish are...
by Masifundise | Jul 6, 2016 | Discussion Papers, Latest News, Policy Process
In this edition we place an appeal from 350.org, (a global movement that campaigns against climate change), for people all over the world to sign the petition to save the mangrove forests of the Sundarbans that runs through India and Bangladesh, and the Unesco World...