Small-scale fishing communities want to stop a seismic survey off the West Coast being conducted by Australian company Searcher.The South African government's allowance of seismic surveys, conducted by British and Australian companies, has come at the cost of local fishing communities, the Western Cape High Court has heard.
The Western Cape High Court on Monday heard from legal representatives of West Coast fishing communities, who are seeking to block a seismic survey between the Namibian border and Cape Agulhas. The survey is being conducted by Australian geoscience data supplier Searcher Seismic. Searcher and its UK division Searcher Geodata are listed as respondents in the case, along with Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe, Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Barbara Creecy, and Petroleum Agency South Africa .Subscribe to News24 for just R75 per month to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. You can cancel any time.
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