THE Kleinmond fisher community in the southern Cape relies on the ocean to put food on the table and money in the bank. Small-scale fishing contributes about R20m in revenue annually to the economy of the 13,000-strong community.By definition "small scale" includes people who fish "traditionally" using low-impact equipment, such as fishers in small motorboats, line fishers, and lobster, mussel and abalone (perlemoen) fishers. Many fishers receive little meaningful benefit from their hard-earned catches.To tackle this, WWF-SA (the local chapter of the World Wide Fund for Nature), with funding from the WWF Nedbank Green Trust, is working with the small-scale fishers of Kleinmond to develop a fisheries improvement project. The goal is a more equitable value chain, giving fishers direct access to retailers and restaurants. The project has support from Pick n Pay."Through the creation of digital applications aimed at helping fishers and government to better quantify local catches, and to...
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