Greenfish Blog

Turbo Update 26 May 2023 In October 2022, Turbo came into our lives.  He/she quickly stole our hearts and we put together a fundraiser to rehabilitate and release him/her.  With the generous support of the Greenfish Home Customers we also raised enough money to purchase a satellite tag for Turbo.  (read more https://greenfish.co.za/blogs/gf/the-fight-for-survival-turtles-facing-more-and-more-threats-from-plastic-filled-oceans ) Turbo is the first sub adult turtle to have received such tracker unit and the information gathered it vital.  Turtles are indicator species of the oceans health as they traverse from shore out into the deep blue.  When turtles do well it means our oceans are...

Cape Town Tuna Slam  Greenfish is a family run seafood company founded in 2010. We specialise in high quality, low impact line fish and tuna and supply restaurants and home users in and around Cape Town. We run a purpose built 28ft Cape Craft powered by 2x 300hp Yamaha engines.  The layout is multi functional to suit tuna, snoek and yellowtail fishing. We change the deck layout according to what we are targeting to optimize fishability and quality control of the fish.   Friday 19 May 2023 started off like any other fishing morning - leaving the house at 3am, at...

In a world that is evolving at a pace none of us have ever been exposed to before,  where words like “the new normal” exist, and social behaviours and opinions are changing like the tides, we should try to take a minute to remember our roots and where we have come from. “We are not all in the same boat.  We are in the same storm.  Some have yachts, some canoes, and some are just drowning.  Just be kind and help whoever you can.” Growing up on the West coast, bouncing between boats and harbours around the peninsula from Lamberts...

Green fish with a story  It’s 11pm and I’m climbing into bed after doing the tackle prep, readying the lines and lures and ensuring the boat is ready.  I set my alarm for 2am for the days fishing.  I’ve done this a thousand times yet I cannot fall asleep as the excitement of the day ahead mounts in my head - the endless possibilities of tomorrow and the hope of a great catch.  A fisherman is the ultimate optimist; tomorrow will always be a better day with a bigger catch, so we keep pushing day after day, chasing that feeling...

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...