A “monster” crocodile attacked a seven-year-old boy while he was fishing in a river near South Africa’s Brits town and ripped off his left arm. His father and a few others jumped into the water to ...

Last week conservation groups and the fishing industry reached an out-of-court settlement to establish expanded no-fishing zones around penguin colonies for the next ten years. The agreement was ...

A man needed 91 stitches after being bitten by a 300lb shark while on a fishing trip in South Africa. Curtis Miller, 29, from Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, said he did not feel any pain at first but ...

Conservation NGOs and commercial sardine and anchovy fisheries in South Africa have reached an out-of-court settlement agreeing to extents of fishing closures around six key African penguin ...

The government, seabird conservation groups and the pelagic fishing industry have reached an agreement over fishing restrictions around six critical penguin breeding islands. The African Penguin ...

A South African court has prohibited commercial fishing around six key breeding colonies of the critically endangered African Penguin for at least 10 years to protect their food supply.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Gabon has called on other African countries to step up efforts to protect marine eco ...

An in-principle settlement agreement between the fishing industry and conservationists has been hailed as a conservation milestone to protect the country’s critically endangered African penguins.

In February 2025, the South African Pelagic Fishing Industry Association (SAPFIA) and the Eastern and Southern Cape Pelagic Association (ESCPA), both co-respondents in the case, called for a ...