declared during a recent Cabinet briefing that the moratorium on commercial fishing of pilchards will be extended for another year.

Niël Terblanché The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Derek Klazen, declared during a recent Cabinet briefing that the moratorium on commercial fishing of pilchards will be extended for another year. This decision comes in light of the ongoing concerns regarding the health of the pilchard resource, which has not yet returned to a biologically sustainable state. The minister said that even if pilchards are incidentally caught as by-catch, it does not signify a full recovery of the species. Instead, he stressed the importance of relying on scientific research to determine the sustainable yield and biomass of the pilchard population.…