‘Who will feed my children if these powerships chase the fish away?’ Something fishy? Opponents of the Karpowership projects are concerned that not many coastal communities have been consulted Small-scale fishers say they are concerned about being left to go hungry if a fleet of controversial Karpowerships scare off fish along South Africa’s coast. Last week, the environmental consultants for Karpowership, a subsidiary of Turkey’s Karadeniz Energy Group, which is seeking environmental approval to moor five floating gas-to-power ships at the ports of Saldanha Bay, Richards Bay and Ngqura, gave the projects the green light. Triplo4 Sustainable Solutions, which conducted the environmental impact assessments (EIAs) on behalf of Karpowership, said the final EIAs were subject to the implementation of mitigation measures and monitoring for potential environmental and socioeconomic effects.