Couta!

Young Dercio and a brace of couta, king mackeral or serra…as they are known here in Mozambique. These two fish in the 10 to 12kg represent the average size these hard fighting fish are coming out this time of year. Yesterday Meader van Wijk had a successful charter with 2 yellowfin and a skipjack. He … Read more

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Huge losses due to illegal fishing

The Mozambican state is suffering annual loses of revenue of over a billion meticais ($30 million) from illegal fishing, according to the National Director of Fisheries Inspection, Manuel Castiano. According to Castiano 2,000 tonnes of fisheries produce are taken from Mozambican waters every year by vessels fishing illegally. “Illegal fishing is not just an economic … Read more

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Oldies category started…

This new category is for pics and stories from the olden days! Please send any dated pics you may have to umzimkulu@gmail.com – Rory Lawlor and Marc Lange with their first sailfish caught off Hibberdene – Andrew Lange and Karl Gouws catching Garrick at Elephant Rock, Umzimkulu river mouth – George Werner and Warren Jesson … Read more

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