The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has sought legal recourse to force the South African Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to reduce the global total allowable catch (TAC) of west coast rock lobster by 59% for the 2017/2018 season.
The WWF says legal action was a last resort to repeated efforts to find an amicable solution to the problems in the fishery. In 2011 it was agreed with stakeholders a recovery target of increasing stock levels by 35 years over 10 years, and in 2016 a comprehensive fishery conservation project was co-developed to address the key challenges in the fishery. Neither were implemented.
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