Trawler Watch The sardines are prepping for their annual suicide run up the east coast of Southern Africa right now. And so will be illegal fishers. Preparing to gorge them with their huge purse seine nets and get them into a supermarket near you. That the overall population is dwindling as rapidly as every other … Read more
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
