"Our journey is far from over." New ruling offers chance at survival for decimated species: 'A significant step forward' first appeared on The Cool Down.

The permit condition will then be renewed every January for the next 10 years, up to 2035, when scientists predict the African penguin will be extinct in the wild ... fishing industry was not the ...

Last week conservation groups and the fishing ... fight to protect African Penguins. "This case has been first and foremost about improving the chances of conserving Africa's only penguin species.

A South African court order issued Tuesday barred for at least 10 years commercial fishing at key breeding ... African Penguin from extinction in the wild," said BirdLife South Africa, one of ...

The government, seabird conservation groups and the pelagic fishing industry ... to the South African and Namibian coastline – has crashed in recent decades and, without intervention, is predicted to ...

Doing so is not only important ... and sardine fishing activities around key African Penguin breeding colonies is a long-overdue step towards securing their survival in the wild and bringing ...

It said the agreement, reached between the commercial small pelagic fishing industry, BirdLife South Africa and the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (Sanccob), ...