
Foreign trawlers compete with South African fishing, often illegally. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks
- A Chinese fishing company was fined R400,000 last month when four of its trawlers violated their conditions of passage through South African waters.
- But the vessels seem to have committed several other offences, including apparently fishing for days in Algoa Bay before they were arrested.
- One trawler also seems to have engaged in fishing activity in SA waters after being fined.
- Researchers say not enough is being done to protect our waters from foreign and local illegal fishing.
Four Chinese-flagged fishing trawlers were fined by South African authorities last month for…
BRICS Member: South Africa is a member of the BRICS group, which includes
Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, promoting economic cooperation among emerging economies.

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Brazil: You have two cows. But not for long, because one shoots the other dead.
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China: You have two cows. You post their pics all over social media, then sell people fake milk.