Choose green for the penguins
The Penguin Town Netflix docu-series followed the struggles and triumphs of the Boulders penguin breeding colony in Simon’s Town. Every year, 2500 African penguins gather here. Their mission: find a mate, make babies and not go extinct! But did you know, 95% of the world’s African penguins have already disappeared (and the numbers keep dropping […]
Know Your Fish – World Oceans Day 2021
World Oceans Day on 8 June attracted ocean champions with arty prizes, when they downloaded and screenshot the SASSI app. Read your labels and #knowyourfish was the order of the day 🐠 as we asked “What’s on your plate?” Sometimes you think you know, sometimes you take things at face value. But as always, the […]
Choose local seafood to combat climate change!
One way to be a climate hero is by checking the SASSI list and making a sustainable seafood choice. This is in line with 4 principles that actually govern the 26th COP (Conference of the Parties) summit that will bring states together to accelerate action towards Climate Change. These are: Encourage healthy living; Encourage more sustainable behaviour; […]
Lockdown lessons from South Africa’s fisheries: Building resilience in small-scale fishing communities
The WWF South Africa Marine Team has been working with the Fish forward 2 Project and the latest study looked at the socio-economic impact of Covid-19 on South African fisheries with a focus on small-scale fisheries. Individuals in the supply chain as well as small scale fishers in coastal communities across 4 coastal provinces were […]
The Global Ocean Agenda
As time passes, the ocean agenda moves forward in climate discussions. The Paris Agreement was a turning point, and from COP21 onward, there has been an increased interest for the ocean. 🐟Knowledge and science on the ocean-climate interactions are growing and the IPCC Reports on the 1.5°C increase and impacts on our Ocean 🐟National engagement: […]
WWF-SASSI: Our role, our science and our journey
WWF-SASSI recently celebrated 16 years of conserving our oceans through science-based listings of seafood on our market for consumers and seafood sellers. It has been a long road and not an easy one at that, with constant improvements and changes along the way. SASSI is powered by a small team of passionate marine biologists, skilled […]
Seas of Possibility: WWF-SASSI Annual Retailer & Supplier Participation Report
The WWF-SASSI Retailer/Supplier Participation scheme continues to grow both in relevance and in the number of participants, working with 10 of South Africa’s leading retailers and suppliers of seafood! As the participants work toward achieving their public commitments to seafood sustainability, the WWF-SASSI programme facilitates collaborative efforts to address key seafood sustainability challenges facing the […]
Eastern Cape launch of WWF climate resilience work with coastal communities
On the 30th of March 2021, representatives from various government departments, the private sector, NGO’s and members of the Hamburg community participated in the inception workshop to mark the formal launching of the project titled “building resilience of coastal communities, ecosystems and small-scale fishers’’. Launched at WWF’s new Hamburg Office in the Eastern Cape, the […]
Sustainable Seafood Recipe – Haddock & Potato Rosti
Did you know that Haddock, in South Africa is in fact smoked Hake? Well now you do! Here is a delectable recipe generously provided by Cooking With Claire Haddock & Potato Rosti Ingredients: Potatoes (washed, peeled & grated) Haddock (fresh from F4A) Parmesan Eggs Spinach Salt Pepper Onion Powder Chives Method: Prepare the potatoes by […]
What are Fisheries Improvement Projects?
Fish populations around the world have been declining in the last few decades and there are serious and escalating concerns regarding overfishing as a result of the seafood industry’s enormous impact on the economy, health and well-being of millions of people. How is this happening? The cause of this decline is no mystery. When some […]