Fisheries
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Kalky’s 5 is one of the larger hand-line boats with a crew of up to twelve. The South African traditional linefishery is made up of close to 600 vessels and just over 4,000 crew. 28,000 households depend on fishing for food security.
Speared Hottentot seabream (Pachymetopon blochii), Smitswinkelbaai.
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Atlantic salmon farming in the Pacific fjords of Chile.
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A roman caught near Cape Point. Because roman are born female and change sex later in life, intensive fishing skews their sex ratio, hurting a population’s ability to bounce back.
In December 1968, Geoff Fridgeon posed for a picture holding a white musselcracker he had speared off Dalebrook beach. A fish this size would have been close to thirty years old. Forty-six years later he stands in the same spot posing with an enlargement of the picture. Today, reef fishes of this size and age have all but disappeared from the bay, and the white musselcracker is near threatened with extinction.
A Hottentot seabream shot with a speargun. Spearfishing and hook-and-line fishing have caused the collapse of many of False Bay’s fish stocks, despite being selective fishing methods.
Skipper Naaim Jacobs and deck hand Yaseen Almazon navigate the Kalky’s 5 towards Cape Point. False Bay’s traditional hand-line fishermen have made this journey for generations, but it’s uncertain how much longer they will be able to continue.
Cape Town chef Stefan Marais prepares a yellowtail. An ambassador for the South African Sustainable Seafood Initiative, he runs two restaurants that serve only sustainably caught fish.
An oyster fisherman repairs his rusty dive compressor on the beach of Puñihuil. Chiloé, Chile.
Atlantic salmon farming in the Pacific fjords of Chile.
Catch of the day, smooth-hound sharks are landed without heads in Kalk Bay Harbor in False Bay near Cape Town, South Africa.
With a growing network of marine protected areas, a new generation of South Africans like nine-year-old Laila Ntlantlu will hopefully see a return of the country’s iconic reef fishes to healthy numbers.
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Victor Andrews (age 47, years fishing 28, skipper and crew) plays game to pass the time on three hour leg from Kalk Bay Harbor to fishing location, on board Kalky's 5.
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Isla Grande de Chiloé, Chile
Atlantic salmon farming in the Pacific fjords of Chile.
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With a growing network of marine protected areas, a new generation of South Africans like nine-year-old Laila Ntlantlu will hopefully see a return of the country’s iconic reef fishes to healthy numbers.
A blue shark caught on a traditional linefishing boat in False Bay near Cape Town, South Africa.
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Atlantic salmon farming in the Pacific fjords of Chile.
Saint Peter watches over the fishermen of Puñihuil beach
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On a warm summer day in December, 25-year-old Jonathan Lewis (right) was among many dozens of people gathered to catch reef fishes off Kalk Bay harbor’s jetty.
Neoprene and leather sleeves provide some protection for Garth Henry’s scarred fingers when he pulls in strong fish such as snoek. Henry has been a hand-line fisherman since 1998.
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Manú river, Peru
Atlantic salmon farming in the Pacific fjords of Chile.
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