Chinese want Namibia's sea creatures

The fisheries ministry is mulling over an application by a Chinese company which wants to capture live Namibian marine mammals for export to China for breeding.

Welwitschia Aquatic and Wildlife Scientific Research, a company which is registered in Namibia but owned by a Chinese businessman, is working with the Beijing Ruier Animal Breeding and Promoting entity as its technical support partner. The Namibian understands that the company has applied to be allowed to export 10 orca (killer whales); 500-1 000 Cape fur seals; 300-500 African penguins; 50-100 Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins; 50-100 common bottlenose dolphins; and various sharks.