Environment Minister Barbara Creecy’s recent decision to help save African penguins could ironically 'sound the death knell' for this critically endangered seabird species which could become extinct as soon as 2035.
Environment Minister Barbara Creecy’s recent decision to help save African penguins could ironically ‘sound the death knell’ for this critically endangered seabird species which could become extinct as soon as 2035. This is according to two prominent South African bird conservation groups, argued in court papers filed last week.
The panel reviewed all scientific research relating to the extent to which the already struggling penguin population is being negatively impacted by the commercial pelagic fishing industry. ‘If current trends persist, the species will be extinct in the wild by 2035,’ the two applicants warn in their court papers.
However, the ICE at best achieved an ‘uneasy’ consensus between the fishing industry and the conservation sector and did not resolve the impasse. However, the panel had also recommended an appropriate method for delineating important penguin foraging habitat and had settled the issue of how to define a ‘valuable area for African penguins’ when considering how to balance penguin needs with fishing industry interests. But Creecy appeared not to have taken these considerations into account, McInnes argued.
‘The recommended trade-off mechanism accounted for the existing state of scientific and fisheries data to enable biologically meaningful closures to be imposed at the commencement of the monitoring period. It is this particular recommendation which has not been followed by the minister and which is central to the relief sought in these proceedings.’
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