Small - scale South African fishers hope that a new app that enables them to log their catches will help to convince the government to grant them greater fishing rights by proving that fish populations can sustain their activity . The Abalobi app has been co - created by the University of Cape Town , the Department of Agriculture , Forestry and Fisheries and the traditional fishers themselves . In 2007 , an appeals court ruled that traditional fishers should be included in government fishing rights allocations . However , the government has argued that it is impossible to award such allocations when stocks are low .
Small-scale South African fishers hope that a new app that enables them to log their catches will help to persuade the government to grant them greater fishing rights by proving that fish populations can withstand their activity. The Abalobi app has been co-created by the University of Cape Town, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the traditional fishers themselves. In 2007, an equality court ruled that traditional fishers should be included in government fishing rights allocations. However, the government has argued that it is impossible to award such allocations when stocks are low.