Cape Restaurant Joins Endangered Kreef Menu Boycott

Some restaurants actually have a Shellfish attitude!

Last Updated: 25 January 2017

Southern African Sustainable Seafood Initiative (SASSI) has launched a campaign calling on consumers to #SkipTheKreef this summer!

The World Wildlife Fund’s SASSI research has placed the West Coast Rock Lobster on the “don’t buy” red-list. Data shows the delicacy is now at 2% of historical levels and could disappear altogether within the next five years unless drastic action is taken.

In earlier years, the South African Rock lobster fishery would catch about 4000 tonnes of lobster per year. The fishery’s revenue has since declined dramatically due to the slow growth rates of the lobsters and illegal fishing activities. Today, the commercial fishery harvests less than 2000 tonnes of rock lobster, contributing about R200-million to the economy every year.

According to SASSI there is less than 2% of the WCRL remaining which is a huge concern to all. Restaurants, stores and other authorities that would like to comply with WWF-SASSI, will no longer be able to serve or sell Kreef.

Added to this conversation standpoint, last week, the Lambert’s Bay Kreeffees organisers also took a bold step towards conservation and responsible eating, canceling the annual West Coast Lambertsbaai Kreeffees

The Two Oceans restaurant, situated at the foot of Cape Point, started supporting the campaign and says they will no longer be serving West Coast Rock Lobster or Kreef as it is known locally.

The restaurant made the decision after the species was red-listed on 20 December 2016. When a species is red-listed they are part of an unsustainable population.

By Garth Prins

Source Credit: Traveller24.com | Two Oceans Aquarium

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