Namibia's deputy minister of fisheries, Samuel Ankama, will give a lecture at the North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF) next week after the country introduced a temporary ban on mining on the seabed.
A conflict of interest between the sustainability of the marine ecosystem that supports valuable fisheries in Namibia and the international mining companies seeking to mine the seabed for phosphate deposits has resulted in Namibian authorities approaching Norwegian researchers for advice.
In the 1980s, pre-Independence, Namibian fish stocks were at a low point.
