Whats happening at Van Der Kloof Dam by Qurban Rouhani
No angler can be comfortable with the fact that this investigation includes the use of gill nets, but likewise one cannot help but applaud the fact that government is adopting a research driven approach to fresh water fishery reform. This project has nonetheless resulted in a great deal of criticism with some recreational anglers, including flyfishers, claiming that the project poses a threat to the protected largemouth yellowfish and that it is unlawful. FOSAF, whose Yellowfish Working Group has been active in conserving yellowfish and promoting fly fishing for yellows for over 20 years invited the Project Leader to report on
Introduction The future utilisation of South Africa’s fresh water fisheries is a matter of considerable controversy. This fishery has been legislated as the exclusive preserve of the recreational angler for over 100 years to the point where catching and releasing protected fish species is now regarded as an act of conservation. But behind this lies over a century of racial discrimination which sees black fishermen and women marginalised as poachers and despoilers of the environment. Government is, not unsurprisingly, moving to address this situation. Hence t h e Experimental Fishery Project at VDK. www.saflyfishingmag.co.za
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