TOO MANY (CAGED) FISH IN THE SEA

For 30 years, kitesurfers, windsurfers and dinghies raced from Langebaan’s Main Beach to Saldanha’s Dial Rock in the annual Langebaan Downwind Dash. But in 2019, the event was cancelled. The Dash’s Facebook page cited a lack of sponsorship, but owner of kitesurfing school Kite Lab, Alan Steele, also blames the expanding aquaculture infrastructure in Saldanha Bay. ‘There’s a spiderweb of buoys and nets and cages drifting all over the place. You can’t put people out there.’

The Saldanha Aquaculture Development Zone (ADZ), set to grow to 884 hectares once fully operational, is opposed by Save Langebaan Lagoon