Month: March 2022

On 10 December 2021 the Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, called environmental activism “apartheid and colonialism of a special type”, in response to local communities’ opposition to seismic surveys. Almost three months later, the Western Cape High Court painted a very different picture in its 1 March 2022 judgment granting an interdict…

Commercial fishers have been reeled in to the latest snapper research as scientists investigate if numbers of the fish have increased since a controversial fishing ban was introduced in 2019. Key points:Commercial fishers are working with scientists to research snapper stocks South Australia has a ban on fishing the species Scientists say it is too early to tell when…

A man in the northeastern province of Buriram is recovering today after his wife reportedly stabbed him in the genitals with a fishing harpoon. Identified only as Boonchoey, 43, the man required 17 stitches after a row gave led to his testicular lancing – at least in his version of events – which he said…

Tobago Newsday Reporter 6 Hrs Ago Fishermen carry a cooler along the steel stairway bridging the damaged Parlatuvier jetty. - DIQE PARLATUVIER will be getting a new fishing depot in 2022. Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Chief Secretary and area representative Farley Augustine made the announcement on Sunday at an All Tobago Fisherfolk Association training…