Greenfish Blog

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...

Seafood workshop for tomorrow's kitchen heroes’  In 2019 I had the privilege to meet Jackie Cameron at the eat out awards ceremony where La Colombe (well renown for their tin tuna dish) took top place.  While at this event Jackie and I came up with the idea of sharing some of the wealth of knowledge I have and hands on fish experience with her students so they may better understand where fish comes from and some of the back ground that goes into delivering the best local fish to a restaurants door. Jackie is the owner and headmaster at the...

This past Sunday I went to sea off Hout bay in search of tuna, the weather in the morning was incredibly unpleasant, cold and bumpy. I had a videographer on board to capture some of our day so we can share and show our story to our customers, how we fish and the impacts we have with our style of harvest so that the consumers are best informed to make their choices.   Tuna are amazing predators, perfectly designed to cut through the water at high speeds, with big eyes to visually hunt down prey such as sardine, garfish, squids and...

MODERN DAY CAVE MAN I am very fortunate to harvest most of my own protein from the ocean and land.  This means that I am intimately involved in the journey my food takes from the ocean or farm to my table. This involvement in the harvest and preparation, ensures that I know exactly where my food comes from, how it was produced and, ultimately, what I am consuming. This is a privilege, but it is not the same for everyone. We live in a time where we are further apart from our food than ever before. Driven by the pressured...

The fight for survival: Turtles facing more and more threats from plastic filled oceans. This past week, we assisted the Two Oceans Aquarium with their Turtle Rescue Programme ( Two Oceans Aquarium Education Foundation) and successfully transported yet another turtle in need. Greenfish has been actively involved in this programme for the past few years. This week’s project involved the largest turtle we have had a direct hand in assisting- a sub-adult Hawks Bill Turtle. The turtle was found stranded between Struisbaai and Agulhas this past week. Although super weak, our patient is currently stable. The X-rays showed no foreign matter...