Off the Hook: Red list catch means a quick release
The only time endangered fish were actually captured was on camera before their release.
Thanks, or no thanks, to some unfavourable weather this past weekend, upper South Coast fishing was not so grand.
There were some strong north-easterly winds, but the fishermen managed to make up for it on the Friday. Saturday was blown out almost entirely.
Some nice-sized Englishman were among the fish caught on the boats, as well as some red list seventy-four seabream on Wotalotigot, which were successfully released back into the ocean.
The polysteganus undulosus, better known as the seventy-four seabream, are migrating, spawning fish.
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These fish were once the most common line fish eaten in KwaZulu-Natal. Over the years, due to overfishing, stocks collapsed and they were then specially protected, and have been since around 1998.
Thanks were extended Wotalotigot’s skipper, Wikus van Kraayenburg, for being so responsible and respectful of ocean life and fish stock on the endangered list.
The only time these endangered fish were actually captured was by camera before their release.
Some of the bigger fish reeled in and released weighed between 7kg and 15kg.
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