Greetings from Frankie2socks. I live play and work in St. Lucia estuary, a small village on the northern bank of the UMFOLOZI River where the waters from the Nyalazi, Mezeneni, Hluhluwe and Mkhuze river waters flow into the ocean after relaxing in Lake St. Lucia in the iSimanngaliso Wetland Park world heritage site in North East KZN South Africa.
My pet project is the 4u2fish campaign, which is a fast growing environmental tourism non profit that focuses on using fishing and related issues as a tourism draw card to get domestic tourists to visit theUmkhanyakude district Municipality.
The iSimangaliso Wetland Park world heritage site is the primary draw card and the fishing within the iSimangaliso Wetland Park Need's to be leveraged to attract a certain class and type of tourist to the area. Sure we do have game reserves, wild life and beautiful land scapes, but .... Fishing is a special sport which needs some serious protection within the far north coast of Zululand and Maputuland. These beaches have been well gished for many years untill the IWPA or iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority stepped into the picture.
These fellas who manage the iSimangaliso Wetland Park world heritage site are for some reason not that freindly towards the fishing fraternity and are closing fishing opportunities at every chance they get. This is a serious issue and NOT A CONSPIRICY THEORY.
WUESTION IS what to do... How do we approach this without getting into a fighting mode ? The fishing fraternity have grave concerns around the lost biodiversity within Lake St Lucia and the St. Lucia estuary systems as well as the UMFOLOZI Flats and the Monzi sugar lands. The fish breeding grounds and related environmental spaces are no longer properly functional due to the impacts of changing weather patterns, or as dome folks call this issue global warming.
Our rainfall patterns have changed rather seriously and we no longer have sufficient fresh water input to keep the St. Lucia Lake systems functioning in a recognized esturine manner. This is a disturbing issue, and it is not easily translated into a narrative that the public can follow.
The 4u2fish campaign has a Facebook page at facebook.com/4u2fish and I would appreciate it if you took a #PeepSee and left a comment on any one of their posts.
The 4u2fish campaign needs your input. Visit our FB page and see how you can help.
No comments:
Post a Comment