Protecting the South African marine ecosystem

Vodacom South Africa and WWF South Africa collaborated on a solution to safeguard marine mammals against fishing net entanglements. We are piloting this solution in Saldanha Bay on South Africa’s West Coast, where traditional fishing communities are struggling with overfishing, pollution and climate change. The system uses infrared cameras and hydrophones to alert mussel farmers to whales in the Saldanha Bay Aquaculture Development Zone and activate an emergency response protocol in case of an entanglement.