THE FUSE

Tim Reddell has spent more than four decades in South Africa’s fishing industry, rising from industrial engineer to managing director of Viking Fishing, a division now part of Sea Harvest. Viking operates trawlers, processing facilities, and aquaculture ventures, and has built its success on both hard-won quota acquisitions and the difficult realities of South African fisheries governance. Reddell has also chaired the South African Deep-Sea Trawling Industry Association (Sadstia) multiple times, giving him a front-row view of the struggles and politics that shape the sector.