By Nicki Holmyard
South Africa is Africa’s most advanced economic powerhouse, a member of the emerging market/ economic block BRICS, and an advanced gateway to the continent.
The country is also one of the biggest seafood producers, importers, exporters and distributors, and has well developed transport networks for fresh and frozen products.
However, with a total production of just over 4,000 metric tons of farmed seafood produced in 2013, aquaculture to date has not been high on the South African agenda. But times are changing, and with recent government investment, there are now reasonable prospects for increased production of the main species; tilapia, abalone, mussels, trout … and dusky kob.
