Dion George says avoiding extinction of African penguin is his objective, and settling case aimed at stopping fishing around major colonies will help
South Africa’s new environment minister has said he wants to stop African penguins from going extinct by taking measures including settling a case brought by two environmental charities to stop fishing around the birds’ major colonies.
“I cannot see the benefit for the penguins of lawyers fighting in court, possibly for long ,” he said.Conservationists and fishing industry groups have already been battling outside court for years. Among the things they disagree on is the extent to which the commercial fishing of the sardines and anchovies eaten by penguins is causing the birds’ population decline, and how far expanding no-fishing zones would arrest that fall.
“If you, for instance, have a disease outbreak or out at sea, a disproportionate proportion of that colony will be affected,” he said. “So the sooner we can get these protections in, the better the chance the penguins can maintain their population sizes now and buffer other random events.” Fishing limits alone wouldn’t stop the penguins’ population from continuing to decline, it concluded.
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