The guards argued that non-current fishermen zones were insufficient to prevent the disappearance of African pengovin. Archive Photo: John Yeld
- Government, SeaBird Protection teams and Pelagic fishing industry reached a solution agreement in the high court.
- The agreement includes significant changes in fishing zones around several African penguin breeding islands.
- The penguin, which previously declared, argued that the penguin was insufficient and environmental groups.
- Endemic African penguins from South Africa and Namibia are under critical threat.
The government, SeaBird Protection teams and the Pelagic fishing industry have reached an agreement on fishing restrictions around six critical penguin breeding islands.
The African Penguin population – an endemic type to the coastline of South Africa and Namibia – in recent decades, and it is expected to be extinct in the wild until 2035.
The “Principled” regulation agreement announced by Forestry and Environment Minister Dion George on Wednesday, A The problem of basic bill By conservators to be heard in the Pretoria Supreme Court for three days next week.
The court, the same types, sardines and hambies – Sardin and Hamsovies – Sardina and Hamsovies – Penginian penguin banning fishing vessels contain significant changes in the basis of nutrition.
The applicants in the trial – birdlog non-profit protection organizations claimed that the Baku Birdlife National Fund, Coast Birds (Sancco) is currently “biologically meaningless” and the penguins have sufficiently protected food sources. They went to court for the implementation of a new parcel system.
Birdlife South Africa and SanccoOn did not answer George in public.
Closing the new island
George, “The historical settlement agreement reached in principle … He was perfectly adapted with a long-lasting vision for the section of the department to take partnership.”
He said he first asked for a meeting without legal representatives with all parties, but this situation was only received by the fishing industry.
Then he asked the second meeting of the legal representatives of the parties and asked them to agree. At this meeting, the establishment of a working group to search for a consensus on the island, now declared a consensus to close the critical material for the benefit of dangerous penguins. The settlement was obtained independently by the parties participating in the court.
The new contract includes the closure of the following island:
- St Croix Island (Algoa Bay, Gqeberha), there will be a new parcel area. The island was at home before the Biggest Pedigree penguin colony, but the numbers were crashed and only 1,350 studs were registered in 2024;
- The bird island (Algeberha), which is 1650 breeding pairs, will now be 20 km of shutdown radius;
- Dassen Island (West Coast), now the largest breeding colony of 2,300 pairs in 2024 will protect the intermediate closure in the context of current permits;
- Robben Island (Cape Town) will be a 20 km of fishing zone in accordance with the initial island closure experience ten years ago. Before the announcement of Wednesday, the fishing zone was only in smaller sea protected territory;
- Stony Point (Betty’s Bay) will cover a new closure applied to all fishing vessels and now cover a very important field; and
- Dyer Island (Gansbaai), reflected in the current permission.
George, this agreement “The main penguin said that he reflects scientific and cooperation efforts to carry out effective connections around the Pedigree Islands.
“These measures, including the decision of the court (10 years), represent a balanced approach to the fishing industry, which reflected the decision of a court decision (10 years), which was considered a decision on August 4, 2023,” George said George.
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