Greenfish Blog

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...

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...