Total Allowable Catch (TAC)

Seals a threat to the Namibian fishing industry

Seals a threat to the Namibian fishing industry

Martin Endjala The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Derek Klassen has reiterated that the management of Seals in the sea is not as easy as people make it out to be, as one adult seal is said to feed on 3.8 kg tons of fish daily, meaning that 1.5 million seals would eat 5,7 million Kg, 5 700 metric tons of fish per day and 2,8 million metric tons of fish per year. This amount is approximately four times more than the annual combined Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for hake, horse mackerel and monk per year. “The issue of…
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