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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Half Day Billfish galore action with the Russians!!!

  Hey Sean, Went out this morning again with the Russians who still only want to light tackle game fish and we caught and released a bunch of fish this morning including a sailfish, some bonito, rainbow runner, pinkhandle barracuda, bluefin kingfish and cuda. Mid morning it went quiet and I finally managed to persuade … Read more

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Government protects two archipelagos

thesardine.co.za 7 November 2012   The Mozambican government has declared two small archipelagos, rich in marine wild life, as areas of environmental protection.   The archipelagos are known, as the “Ilhas Primeiras” (First Islands) and “Ilhas Segundas” (Second Islands). The former are located off the coast of Pebane district, in the central province of Zambezia, … Read more

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