A landmark settlement agreement has been reached in the African penguin litigation after intense negotiations between conservation NGOs and the commercial fishing industry. Concessions were made ...

An in-principle settlement agreement between the fishing industry and conservationists has been hailed as a conservation milestone to protect the country’s critically endangered African penguins.

to limit commercial purse-seine anchovy and sardine fishing activities around key African Penguin breeding colonies is a long-overdue step towards securing their survival in the wild and bringing ...

In February 2025, the South African Pelagic Fishing Industry Association (SAPFIA) and the Eastern and Southern Cape Pelagic Association (ESCPA), both co-respondents in the case, called for a ...

The government, seabird conservation groups and the pelagic fishing industry have reached an agreement over fishing restrictions around six critical penguin breeding islands. The African Penguin ...

Last week conservation groups and the fishing industry reached an out-of-court settlement to establish expanded no-fishing zones around penguin colonies for the next ten years. The agreement was ...

A South African court order issued Tuesday barred for at least 10 years commercial fishing at key breeding colonies for African penguins that are facing extinction in part because of threats to ...

The order makes the waters around six key breeding colonies off limits to commercial sardine and anchovy fishing for at least a decade, according to a copy. FILE: African Penguins stand on the ...