No Run of the Mill Dullstrom without Trout! by Andrew Allman
“Dullstroom without trout! You’ve got to be joking? Where will we stop when we go to Kruger”? That scenario hardly seems a future that many of us wish to contemplate but it could c o m e t o p a s s i f t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f Environmental Affairs succeeds in their plans of listing trout (and other economically viable species) as invasive. No prizes on my sentiments in this prolonged and calamitous debate but for those of you who are caught inbetween the DEA, academics and angling organisations; what consultation, if any, have you had with regards the National Environmental Management www.saflyfishingmag.co.za
Biodiversity Act (NEMBA) amendments and likely impacts of enforcement? I have seen evidence of 19 papers detailing the biological invasion as though it were the Battle of Majuba. I have seen no orchestrated response from those being invaded. All I know is that we are fundamentally One Country; fighting the ills of poverty, crime and corruption (PCC), yet divided on the apparent conflict in our midst? Recently FOSAF took the unprecedented turn of turning to the Courts for a solution although this action could be delayed by the recent sad passing of the Minister. For those of you who are conservation passionate flyfishers or just Koos and Thando, out there enjoying a weekend away from it all, this article is for you! But it is also for the many who work in the industry and 33
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