Government has implemented island closures with immediate effect to enhance the conservation of South Africa’s penguin ...

says it supports SANCCOB and BirdLife South Africa in their legal challenge, recognising that the fight to protect the African Penguin is also a fight for the rights of small-scale fishers and coa ...

BirdLife South Africa and SANCCOB today secured a historic victory for South Africa's Critically Endangered African Penguin when the Pretoria High Court issued an order of court after a hard-won ...

The Biodiversity Law Centre, which represents the groups, said the number of penguins had dwindled from 15,000 in 2018 to just under 9,000 at the end of 2023. It said if the current rates of decline ...

The African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus ... On 18 March 2025, South Africa’s High Court ruled in favour of BirdLife South Africa and SANCCOB, ordering 10-year no-fishing zones around six vital ...

BirdLife South Africa and Sanccob achieve a landmark court ruling to establish no-take zones for commercial fishing, aiming to protect the critically endangered African Penguin from extinction ...

BirdLife SA and Sanccob called for the proper implementation ... is an important step forward in protecting the future of African Penguin colonies, including those at provincially managed ...

Conservation NGOs and commercial sardine and anchovy fisheries in South Africa have reached an out-of-court settlement ...

African penguin numbers declined from 15,187 breeding ... head of conservation at Sanccob after court proceedings on Tuesday.

One of the most significant aspects of the agreement is the formal closure of specific islands to commercial fishing, with ...