Fighting for Reef Fishes
South Africa's False Bay lies at the intersection of two formidable ocean currents – the Agulhas in the east and the Benguela in the west. Warm and cold swirl together to create an ecosystem that hosts one of the planet’s most unique communities of marine life. Before the exploitation of False Bay, a bewildering array of endemic reef fishes were present throughout the bay. Today, many reef fish stocks have collapsed. For fishermen this represents a socio-economic crisis. For scientists and conservationists, the protection of these species is a daunting battle.
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Speared Hottentot seabream
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.
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