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Small Scale Vs Industrial Fishing Methods & Why they are not Equal. A sustainable fishery in Cape Town is one that continues to produce food into the future at an undiminished rate. There is a maximum sustainable yield on fish stocks, and we should be restricting fishing to below these levels to have balance for the future. There are many fisheries that fall into this category, especially those where the catch method is by one hook and one line, catching a single fish at a time. Small scale fishermen take out a percentage of a school of fish, allowing the others to...

GREENFISH INTERVIEW: INTERNATIONAL POLE AND LINE FOUNDATION As part of the lead up to World Fisheries Day on 21 November 2022, Greenfish founder, Ryan Nienaber, was interviewed by the International Pole and Line Foundation regarding Greenfish’s vision and approach to low-impact fishing through one-by-one fishing methods. You can listen to the full interview https://youtu.be/nNbQL9PFn0o, or read on to catch some of the highlights. ABOUT THE IPNLF  The International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) is a platform used to educate consumers about where and how their tuna is sourced, as well as informing them about the differences between small-scale, low-impact fishing...

Don’t get caught online with Freshly Frozen.  Fresh is just that… fresh.  From the sea to you. It is either fresh or it is frozen, it cannot be both at the same time. This is simply beyond the realm of what is physically possible.  The difference between fresh, frozen, land frozen, sea frozen, frozen from fresh, re-freshed, previously frozen, and my personal pet hate, freshly frozen.  All the terms above methods, except for fresh, have one thing in common FROZEN.  I’m not saying all frozen is bad, and fresh is definitely no guarantee of quality. That is why it’s so...

Abalone   Many look at 2020 with despair.  While I agree with this sentiment, we must not forget all the wonderful things that were born during this challenging year as it pushed many outside their comfort zones and the amazing results that came from this.  Besides the birth of the Greenfish Online Seafood Deli that delivers to your door the same day, on of the things that stands out to me was the re introduction of Abalone to the Cape Town consumer.  Greenfish prides itself as been the first to legally supply live farmed abalone to our customers after a very...

Catching a Big Yellowfin Tuna with my Mom and Table Mountain backdrop  My mom has witnessed the absolute obsession that my brother and I have both had for fishing in the ocean since we were young boys.  Her adventurous  spirit has lead her to join us on a couple days in and around the peninsula catching a the odd yellowtail or snoek.  Mom (67) has seen our factory hustle and bustle of boats in and out the yard, and heard all the stories of these big tuna that we catch on our doorstep in Cape Town but to date never...