Barry Christianson (@barrychristianson.com)

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 news.mongabay.com/2025/04/fish...

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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 ... https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/fishing-rights-and-wrongs-cast-small-scale-south-african-fishers-adrift/