Beach seining or treknetting
20 May 2008 Beach seining - Beach seigning or treknetting is traditional fishing method where schools of fish are encircled from the shore with a long net dragged by a rowing boat, and hauled up onto the beach. This method is used to catch yellowtail and mullet in the Western Cape and sardines in KZN during the annual sardine...read more
Sardine
5 Aug 2008 Sardine - Sardinops sagax Other names Pilchard SASSI Colour Green Biological Information Very abundant schooling migratory species. Spawing occurs over Agulhas Bank with almost annual migration up the East Coast Habitat Over continental shelf near surface Distribution ...read more
Anchovy
5 Aug 2008 Anchovy - Engraulis encrasicolus Other names None SASSI Colour Green Biological Information Spawning mostly over Agulhas bank, very abundant. Often in mixed schools with sardine Habitat Over continental shelf near surface Distribution Mostly in upwelling...read more