Saga Seafood explains its Samherji predicament

SAGA Seafood Namibia, the operating company in Namibia for Icelandic fishing company Samherji, opened up to the Walvis Bay Urban constituency regional councillor on Tuesday afternoon to explain its position on its partner's withdrawal from Namibia.

The company's manager, Jacqueline Thiardt, held a brief meeting with regional councilor Knowledge Ipinge to explain the situation surrounding the hasty departure of the fishing vessels Saga and Geysir from Namibia last week. “The vessels did not skip the country as portrayed in the media. The reason for the vessels leaving is that there is no quota for them to operate on. All necessary permissions from the relevant authorities were obtained.