Fishing rights, and wrongs, cast small-scale South African fishers adrift

Fishing rights, and wrongs, cast small-scale South African fishers adrift

LANGEBAAN LAGOON, South Africa — Deon Warnick’s three chest freezers stood silently in his living room, lids open. Without any fish to keep frozen, he was using them as cupboard space instead. In his backyard stood a stack of empty fish crates, and his boat, in perfect working condition, rested on its trailer, which in turn rested on bricks. Warnick tugged on the outboard motor’s cable. The boat hadn’t touched the water in a year. Seven ringnets…