South Africa: ‘Don’t Take Our Livelihoods’ – Small-Scale Fisherwomen Stand Firm Against Seismic Surveys

[The Green Connection] This Women’s Month, small-scale fisherwomen on South Africa’s West Coast, supported by The Green Connection and Natural Justice, are raising their voices against Searcher – an Australian company, now notorious for its contentious attempts to conduct seismic surveys in this region. They are now back for round three, even though a previous court judgment sent them packing. Small-scale fishers argue that its operations could harm the ocean, which would then affect fisher livelihoods and the 

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