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Namibia: Government limits trawling relaxation to narrow zone – News

Namibia: Government limits trawling relaxation to narrow zone – News

Africa Links 24 with Hertta-Maria Amutenja
Published on 2026-05-03 16:03:03

The ministry of fisheries has limited the relaxation of trawling inside the 200-metre isobath to a defined zone.

In a media release issued on 3 May, the ministry says fishing in waters shallower than the 200-metre isobath, up to the 150-metre isobath, will only be allowed between latitudes 22°S and 24°S.

“The temporary relaxation allowing trawling in waters shallower than the 200m isobath, up to the 150m isobath, by the wet-landed horse mackerel subsector, is strictly limited to…

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