The formal bail application for six individuals accused of defrauding a fishing company of N$29.9 million has been postponed to 14 April 2025.
The matter was postponed due to the medical condition of Accused 1, Victoria George, who is heavily pregnant and currently hospitalised. George is self-employed.
The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources has been advised to consider a gradual reduction of fishing quota allocations over the coming years to align with scientists' recommendations.
This was one of the outcomes of the 19th Cabinet decisions announced on Thursday.
The Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Derek Klazen, and scientists say the horse mackerel species is under severe threat.
The industry has been warned about unsustainable catches of horse mackerel stock.
Fishermen at Walvis Bay have established the October Seafarers United Land and Housing Federation, which will negotiate affordable land and housing for seafarers.
Former Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister Bernhardt Esau informed Judge David Munsu that his health condition has worsened after his incarceration at the Windhoek Correctional Facility.
Close to 700 unemployed fishermen at Walvis Bay have secured permanent and full-time jobs at four fishing companies.
This follows an agreement signed by the Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister with the companies recently.
The Fisheries and Marine Resources Minister Derek Klazen has called on local entrepreneurs and the fishing industry to add value to all their products.
Klazen visited a polystyrene manufacturing plant in Walvis Bay.
The fishing sector remains one of the top industries, contributing to the country's economic growth, Gross Domestic Product, and export earnings, despite hardship and a bleak financial outlook the past two years.
The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources has warned the public to refrain from approaching wandering seals in public spaces or on beaches because they are dangerous.
Seals use the period from November to February to gather at specific spots along the coast to breed and mate.
An inter-governmental delegation, led by the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, which is in the ||Kharas Region to engage communities on the benefits of fishing, visited the Kameel River, a catchment area of the Neckartal Dam, to familiarise themselves with the situation on the ground.
