Etosha Fishing lands first pilchards after eight-year moratorium

NAMPA

2025-08-29

WALVIS BAY,28 August 2025 - Empolyees in the Etosha Fishing factory canning pilchard fish after the company landed its first consignment of pilchards since 2017, following Cabinet’s approval of a 10 000-tonne quota earlier this month. (Photo contributed) NAMPA

WALVIS BAY, 28 AUG (NAMPA) – Etosha Fishing Corporation has landed its first consignment of pilchards since 2017, following Cabinet’s approval of a 10 000-tonne quota earlier this month.
The government first imposed a moratorium on pilchard harvesting in 2018 after scientific surveys showed that the stock had collapsed to dangerously low levels.
Research by the then Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) also indicated that the pilcha...

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WALVIS BAY,28 August 2025 - Etosha Fishing has landed its first consignment of pilchards since 2017, following Cabinet’s approval of a 10 000-tonne quota earlier this month. (Photo contributed) NAMPA

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