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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 7027 FRIDAY 4 AUGUST 2023 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
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Super Moon Captured in Swakopmund Swakopmund Municipality and NamPol Unite to Tackle Crime
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Maritime Festival Kicks off Today Page 3
********* Municipality Acts on Swakopmund's Paddock Sewerage Issue
The Full Sturgeon Moon as seen in Swakopmund through the lens of Olga Nesterenko on Tuesday this week.
Government Secures Etosha Fishing Jobs Amidst Stormy Waters Rudi Bowe In a bid to save jobs and sustain operations, the Namibian government has stepped in to rescue 430 employees at the Walvis Bay canning factory, Etosha Fishing Corporation. The government's in- rine Resources as part of like Lucky Star and tervention comes in the Governmental Ob- Glenryck South Africa with pilchards. the form of an alloca- jective. tion of 5000 metric For decades, Etosha However, since 2015, tonnes (MT) of Horse Fishing Corporation has the company has been M a c k e r e l q u o t a been a key player in the grappling with a decline through the Ministry canning industry, sup- in pilchard stocks, leaof Fisheries and Ma- plying leading brands ding to a ban on pilchard
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Sports News harvesting in 2018. To stay afloat, Etosha Fishing had been importing pilchards from Morocco, but this solution has become financially unsustainable due to
volatile exchange rates and high import costs. Earlier this year, the company had initiated termination of employment procedures as the shortage of fish for can-
ning threatened its viability. However, the allocation of the 5000 MT relief quota has granted a temporary Continues on page 2 Pages 15 - 16