Saving Sandfish News Today

Born out of a passion for overlanding and exploring the great outdoors, Alu-Cab has transformed from a Cape Town start-up to a global supplier of adventure vehicle accessories, as CEO, Warwick Leslie tells us.

Cecilia Cerrilla’s PhD project is to protect a tiny species of fish from predatory bass. Cecilia Cerrilla’s PhD project is to protect a tiny species of fish from predatory bass.

Migratory life cycle of the species that protects river systems makes them vulnerable to human-linked impacts

Decades of predation by introduced non-native fishes and excessive withdrawal of water contributing to rapid decline of sandfish ranges.

Landowners are helping with transporting rescued sandfish and replacing old instream fencing with sandfish friendly fencing.

Sandfish keep the rivers clean and the food web balanced but their numbers are declining. Farmers are helping to lift these numbers.

Saving Sandfish Project has conservationists, farmers, landowners and other stakeholders working together

Scientists are trying to save the elusive Clanwilliam sandfish by transplanting fry from threatened rivers into local farm dams.

The sandfish breeds only in a few isolated spots in the Western Cape province. A large rescue effort is now underway to save it.

The sandfish breeds only in a few isolated spots in the Western Cape province. A large rescue effort is now underway to save it.