A conservation-led restriction on the number of small-scale finishing boats allowed on the Langebaan Lagoon led to a fisher’s business closing, while recreational fishing continues unimpeded.
My piece for @mongabay.bsky.social unpacks the contradictions
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Fishing rights, and wrongs, cast small-scale South African fishers adrift
LANGEBAAN LAGOON, South Africa — Deon Warnick’s three chest freezers stood silently in his living room, lids open. Without any fish to keep frozen, he was using them as cupboard space instead. In his ...