Response to sardine mortality must be grounded in science and evidence
Daily Maverick | 25.10.2026 14:23
Your opinion piece, Government gambling with species extinction, published on 12 October 2026, regarding concerns about the critically endangered African penguin, treats preliminary observations as evidence of widespread penguin starvation caused by the sardine mortality event, and presents a moratorium on directed sardine fishing as the only scientifically defensible response. The evidence currently available does not support either conclusion.
