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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS – 2017 Protea and SADSAA

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To all Clubs

Please send to all your interested anglers , I am now calling for the SGDSAA Nominations for the

  • HEAVY TACKLE NATIONALS
  • LIGHT TACKLE NATIONALS

This is for the Southern Gauteng teams now !

The SADSAA and PROTEA nominations have all been received and sent through to SADSAA now for selection.

DUE DATE :         15TH AUGUST 2017

SGDSAA  DEEP SEA
083 588 0217
admin@sgdsaa.co.za

Nominations to be with Lynette Adams no later than 20th July 2017.

Anglers wishing to nominate who do not have a nomination form can contact Lynette direct.

Regards

SGDSAA  DEEP SEA

0835880217

admin@sgdsaa.co.za

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

PROTEA – XV International Fishing Tournament Guatemala 2017

Nominations are hereby called for a 3 person team to represent South Africa (Protea Colours) at the XV International Fishing Tournament Guatemala 2017.

This will be a light tackle billfish tournament fished on 10 kg line held at Club Nautico de Guatemala.

The tournament dates October 19th to 23rd 2017. The entry fee is USD 1,800 per team and the team have to charter their own boat (The organisers will help in securing a boat)

The entry fee excludes Boats, accommodation and airfares.

 

SADSAA – Light Tackle Billfish National Championships 2017

Nominations are hereby called for a 3 person team to represent SADSAA at the Light Tackle Billfish National Championships 2017.

The host province is Mpumalanga and the tournament will be fished on 10kg line at Sodwana Bay Zululand between the 18th to 25th November 2017. This is an own boat tournament.

The entry fee is R 5,850 per team which excludes travelling and accommodation.

 

SADSAA – Heavy Tackle Billfish National Championships 2017

Nominations are hereby called for a 3 person team to represent SADSAA at the Heavy Tackle Billfish National Championships 2017

The host province is Mpumalanga and the tournament will be fished on 37kg line at Sodwana Bay Zululand between the 18th and 25th November 2017. This is an own boat tournament.

The entry fee is R 5,850 per team which excludes travelling and accommodation.

 

SADSAA Masters – Light & Heavy Tackle Billfish National Championships 2017

Nominations are hereby called for 3 person Masters teams for both the Sodwana Nationals above.

South African Tuna Tagging Project

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From: Recovery Officer [mailto:iccatrecovery@gmail.com]
Sent: 04 July 2017 01:07 PM
Subject: Tuna Tagging Program update

Hi Sally,

I hope this mail finds you well. Thank you so much for your help spreading the awareness around the tuna tagging project a few months ago.

To fill you in on where we are now, our tagging efforts were severely hampered by bad weather and a distinct lack of tuna for the time of year. This meant we were nowhere close to the (very optimistic) target of tagging 3000 tuna in 3 months, and only managed to tag little over 200 tuna. Tagging operations have now ceased for the time being, so that is what we have to work with until next season. Understandably this compromises the program somewhat, but more importantly there is now more emphasis on each and every tag out there. Therefore, for us it is utterly important that as many people as possible are fishing for tuna, are aware of the program keeping their eyes open for tags and will report the tags when landed.

With this is mind please could I ask you to send out this information to your mailing list to keep the tuna tagging program on everyone’s mind when going out fishing? This would be a really big help to us, and would be greatly appreciated. If you have any questions/concerns or information from your side please feel free to get hold of me.

Kind regards

Craig Haley
Recovery Officer
CapMarine (Pty) Ltd

From: Recovery Officer [mailto:iccatrecovery@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, 06 February 2017 3:05 PM
Subject: South African tuna tagging project

Good day,

The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) have initiated the Atlantic Ocean Tropical Tagging Program (AOTTP) to collect information on tuna abundance, movement and growth to improve the management of tuna in the Atlantic Ocean. The AOTTP has now been launched in South Africa with a tagging team that aim to tag up to 3000 yellowfin and skipjack tuna over the next three months.

The success of this project is hugely dependent on the awareness of all tuna fishermen to look out for and report on any tagged fish caught.

Over the next three months 3,000 tuna will be tagged with either red, yellow tags on their left hand side, and some will have an additional tag on their right hand side. Tagging will predominately take place in the Western Cape, but tuna are likely to be caught all around the South African coastline. Our job at CapMarine is to retrieve as many tags as possible over the next three years, and this is where we could really use your help.

If anyone catches a tagged tuna during the program, we ask to please get hold of us by sending an SMS to 063 634 2503, after which we will call you back as soon as possible to record some information,including:

  1. tag code(s)
  2. fish length
  3. location caught
  4. date caught

A small cash reward and AOTTP t-shirts will be issued upon the retrieval of the tags. We will also buy the tuna back from you should it have a red tag on it.

Please could I ask you to forward this information on to all your members, this would greatly help us get the word out and create awareness around this exciting project and greatly contribute to its success.

Kind regards

Craig
Recovery Officer
CapMarine PTY

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Seismic Survey: Appeal for protection from the Minister

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Dear all,

Please see the attached correspondence from Dave Martin and Shelly Beach. It affects the sustainability of our already threatened fishery, and therefore all of us who practice our hobby and passion in these waters.

I ask that you consider this appeal and make up your own minds.

Kind regards

Mark

From: Shelly Beach Ski Boat Club [mailto:shellyp@venturenet.co.za]
Sent: 07 June 2017 9:03 AM
To: Shelly Beach Ski Boat Club <shellyp@venturenet.co.za>
Subject: Seismic Survey: Appeal for protection from the Minister

Dear Friends,

https://www.change.org/p/insist-the-dea-challenges-seismic-surveying-of-our-coastline

As many of you know I’m busy making a film about all of this but this is an appeal for your support of the above petition, to prevent what happened last year from happening again this year. Ivan Keir managed to stop the OK Energy seismic survey off Knysna with signatures and we’re hoping to do the same.

Many of you will remember last year the Schlumberger Seismic Survey was granted permission to continue their survey activities into the annual whale migration period which was not in the spirit of marine conservation or protection. They were granted permission because in 2014, sections 38 and 39 of the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act were repealed, thus creating a gap in the law which allows for a reconnaissance permit to be obtained without any environmental  authorisation.

Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) is now applying for a reconnaissance permit for an area which extends from Mossel Bay into KZN. The initial permit application extended from Richards Bay to Mossel Bay but has now been revised and includes a small southern section of KZN (new proposed area attached). The full EMP is available for download and comment at: http://slrconsulting.com/za/slr-documents/pgs-speculative-2d-3d-surveys. Comment period ends on 30 June 2017.

In response, Coastwatch KZN has lodged a petition and an appeal, which was delivered to the DEA Minister last week (appeal letter attached).

The 2016 annual stranding report (out today!) reports on the highest number of whale strandings on the KZN coast, including the first recorded mass stranding. There is no evidence to suggest that the seismic surveys were responsible for the high number of strandings but the coincidence cannot be ignored.

I would encourage you to register as Interested & Affected Parties and to raise your concerns regarding the proposed permit application and to support the Coastwatch KZN initiative by signing the petition (https://www.change.org/p/insist-the-dea-challenges-seismic-surveying-of-our-coastline).

Please distribute among your networks.

Attachements

Ocean glider information

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Hi all,

I refer to the annexed e-mail as well as the attachment.

You will note that two gliders (see photo attached) will be launched from Richardsbay in June 2017.

I have included Zululand and Natal chairmen in this mail, but request our SADSAA secretary to distribute this e-mail to all our provincial chairmen for further distribution.

I request that if any one of our members comes across these devices not to interfere with it, as it gathers important scientific information.

If there are any queries kindly contact writer.

Kind Regards,
Mark Beyl

Dear Mr Thompson & others

I am sending this request on behalf of the GINA Working Group.  We would appreciate your assistance in circulating the attached GINA Project information document on ocean glider  deployment in the Agulhas Current amongst your constituents. The aim of this document is to raise awareness and minimise interference with the GINA glider platforms by curious fishers and other marine users. Please accept our apologies in advance for unnecessary  postings,  we realise that the Recreational Forum  has been inactive and that many of the addresses on this mailing list are defunct.   Lastly, please take some time to read this document as we’re sure that you’ll realise the importance of the project and find it interesting.

Regards

Dr Stephen J. Lamberth
Fisheries Research
Department Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries

Download the Gina ocean glider information document