SOUTH AFRICA: Calling for a cross-sector approach to address incidental seabird mortality across the country’s fisheries, a new action plan proposes the development of joint funding mechanisms and common platforms to share monitoring data to enable transparent implementation of shared governance arrangements.

For the second year running and just one day after World Krill Day, the Antarctic krill fishery has been shut down early, a stark warning sign that the management of one of the world's largest and fastest-growing fisheries urgently needs to be reformed.

SOUTH AFRICA: A West Coast survey was cleared to proceed and a Wild Coast right was killed off for good. The gap between the two rulings comes down to process, timing and how far each case had already travelled through the courts

SOUTH AFRICA: PortOps, a decision-support platform developed for the Transnet National Ports Authority, will soon assist the Port of Cape Town in improving container planning and handling operations at the Container Terminal. The tool is designed to support cargo owners, the fresh produce industry and exporters. 

South Africa has co-sponsored a proposal to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) calling for closer coordination between the world's oldest global ocean dumping rules and the newly enforced international treaty protecting marine life on the high seas.

SOUTH AFRICA: South Africa’s vast ocean economy cannot reach its full potential while women remain largely on the margins, Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga has warned.

SOUTH AFRICA: The Off Port Limits Association South Africa (OPLASA) is seeking to have the sector included in a diesel refund system that is currently enjoyed by those operating fishing vessels, research vessels, patrol vessels and others in local waters.

EQUATORIAL GUINEA: A delegation from the Maritime Organization of West and Central Africa (MOWCA) visited the Asaba Shipyard in Malabo to explore models for combining academic training, practical experience, and professional training in the naval industry that provide young Equatorial Guineans with training that is more closely linked to the real needs of the market.