Six key breeding areas are to be safeguarded to help save the African penguin, following a landmark court order in South Africa. Last year scientists warned that the species was declining by around 8% ...

South African High Court orders 10-year fishing closures to save the Critically Endangered African Penguin from extinction.

Let us hope thriving colonies of my favourite African Penguins will continue foraging happily in our coastal waters, especially in the surroundings of Robben Island!

In the rich waters of South Africa's coasts, 6 key breeding colonies of the African penguin are now no-go zones for ...

They include Robben Island about 10 kilometres (six miles ... court is an historic victory in the ongoing battle to save the critically endangered African Penguin from extinction in the wild," said ...

The fisheries department has two weeks to ensure the closure of no-fishing zones around six key penguin breeding areas.

It said the agreement, reached between the commercial small pelagic fishing industry, BirdLife South Africa and the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (Sanccob), ...

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The six main colonies are Dassen Island, Robben Island, Stony Point ... to be extinct in the wild — just a generation of penguins away,” the NGOs said. The environmental NGOs, represented ...

outlines no-go zones for the commercial sardine and anchovy fishing vessels around six key African penguin breeding colonies: Dassen Island, Robben Island, Stony Point, Dyer Island, St Croix ...

They include Robben Island about 10 kilometres (six miles ... in the ongoing battle to save the critically endangered African Penguin from extinction in the wild," said BirdLife South Africa ...