Seaflower Pelagic Processing News Today

The National Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor) does not have the money and expertise to catch the horse mackerel quota it has been awarded by the government.

The general manager of finance and administration at the National Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor), Mino Gariseb, is embroiled in a dispute with the company’s top management regarding the nature of his employment.

Getty Images President Hage Geingob has been implicated in new allegations of corruption involving the country’s lucrative fishing industry. According to a lawyer who allegedly arranged the deal, the Namibian president instructed his associates to embezzle millions from a state-run fishing enterprise in order to bribe electors. The leader has strenuously denied any implication in what many consider to be the country’s biggest corruption scandal since its independence. President Hage Geingob...

As many as 425 of Seaflowers employees have been working for Tunacor since the processor lost access to its agreed 50,000t quota last year

Fishcor opts out of arbitration   AFRICA Selection Fishing Namibia (ASFN) and the Nationa Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor) is heading for the High Court after the state-owned enterprise opted out of an arbitration process.   After initially agreeing to go into the process to work out modalities on how the contractual agreement between the partners in the joint venture with Seaflower Pelagic Processing (SPP) would be honoured, Fishcor gave notice that it will instead approach the High ...

Louw responds to Fishrot affidavit   THE concept National Equitable Economic Empowerment Framework (NEEEF) bill was abused by players in the Fishrot corruption scandal to facilitate amongst others a vehicle for money laundering on an epic scale.   In an official response to the affidavit by lawyer, Marén de Klerk, that hit headlines and gave birth to a new debate on the Fishrot debacle, the Managing Director of Seaflower Pelagic Processing, Adriaan Louw lifted the lid on how he was duped int...

Tunacor welcomes more workers   CRACKS might soon appear in a scheme to employ 425 former factory workers of Seaflower Pelagic Processing (SPP) at Tunacor Fisheries Limited because the contingent of factory workers will receive a full salary with benefits for not working while their new employer will receive a hefty Christmas bonus to boot.   In an unprecedented ‘transfer’ of workers to make good on a promise made by the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Dr. Albert Kawana, and t...

AJ Louw, the main shareholder at Namibian pelagic processor Seaflower, is requesting an intervention from the Namibian president to recover the quotas