Stop buying kreef, says Sassi

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Cape Town - The West Coast rock lobster, commonly known as kreef, has been moved to the Southern African Sustainable Seafood’s (Sassi) Red List and consumers are urged not to buy the species as it is at a historical low of 2 percent.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Sassi said the government failed to implement measures to protect it and the livelihoods of those who depend on it.

It is now on a "don’t buy list" and could disappear within the next five years unless radical action is taken.

Sassi launched “Skip the kreef this summer” campaign after an outcry over the government’s recent announcement of an unchanged total allowable catch.

Programme manager Pavitray Pillay said: “This is a crisis. It needs real leadership to turn it around. Consumers have a key role in supporting legitimate fishers and demanding change through buying practices.”
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More at: http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/stop-buying-kreef-says-sassi-7267154
 
Unless it is flavoured with sauces, it tastes like rubber. Kingklip and Tuna is much nicer (IMHO of course)
 
chrisc4290 said:
Unless it is flavoured with sauces, it tastes like rubber. Kingklip and Tuna is much nicer (IMHO of course)
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Jeez! Who's cooking your crayfish for you?? :confused:
Yeah...you are allowed your opinion, but never had any crayfish that tasted like rubber. Just tastes like firmer and sweeter prawns....like a large Langoustine.
Get a new chef or wife :D
 
Glock26 said:
Jeez! Who's cooking your crayfish for you?? :confused:
Yeah...you are allowed your opinion, but never had any crayfish that tasted like rubber. Just tastes like firmer and sweeter prawns....like a large Langoustine.
Get a new chef or wife :D
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Or friends:D
 
Glock26 said:
Jeez! Who's cooking your crayfish for you?? :confused:
Yeah...you are allowed your opinion, but never had any crayfish that tasted like rubber. Just tastes like firmer and sweeter prawns....like a large Langoustine.
Get a new chef or wife :D
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Probably frozen. But fresh well prepared kreef is awesome.

They should just run a few ads showing the worms and other rubish thats inside kreef when you clean it. Will have a far better result than asking nicely.
 
Beachless said:
Probably frozen. But fresh well prepared kreef is awesome.

They should just run a few ads showing the worms and other rubish thats inside kreef when you clean it. Will have a far better result than asking nicely.
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Or thawed/dying next to the road...in the sun.

Saw a couple of yocals in Paternoster in November sell kreef like that, and those that didn't know any better, bought them. After the second day of seeing them next to the road, with more kreef, I reported them to the cops (on suspicion of over fishing). Dunno what happened though.

Unless you can confirm it's straight outta the ocean, I wouldn't buy from any random person.
 
Beachless said:
Probably frozen. But fresh well prepared kreef is awesome.

They should just run a few ads showing the worms and other rubish thats inside kreef when you clean it. Will have a far better result than asking nicely.
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stop buying sketchy then and you won't find jack inside :rolleyes:


OT - 3rd world countries struggle to keep stocks from dying out because people are way more about feeding the family than being educated on 'lists'
 
MrR said:
Or thawed/dying next to the road...in the sun.

Saw a couple of yocals in Paternoster in November sell kreef like that, and those that didn't know any better, bought them. After the second day of seeing them next to the road, with more kreef, I reported them to the cops (on suspicion of over fishing). Dunno what happened though.

Unless you can confirm it's straight outta the ocean, I wouldn't buy from any random person.
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Yeah nothing happened to those guys that you reported. Their livelihoods depends on that 5 crayfish that they sell each day but I would still not buy it.

Most are undersize and not fresh from the ocean. The police there come from Vredenburg and know those guys since birth so they just ignore them.
 
The_Mowgs said:
Yeah nothing happened to those guys that you reported. Their livelihoods depends on that 5 crayfish that they sell each day but I would still not buy it.

Most are undersize and not fresh from the ocean. The police there come from Vredenburg and know those guys since birth so they just ignore them.
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Depends really, the police that I know whom are investigating these poachers will chase them and their buyers into the ocean. Here where I live, the police are conducting near weekly raids, and they know where to look.

There are issues though, some ‘sellers’ are old policemen, buddies and others owe the Chinese (and other Asians), Italians and Portuguese which sells under the counter. Then you have coloureds which are ‘dependent’ on poaching.

The greater issue is that these poachers have a market, I would not be surprised whether participants in this thread has purchased these illegally marked consumables. I have been to many outings where the purchased stock seems to be undersized.
 
Fulcrum29 said:
Depends really, the police that I know whom are investigating these poachers will chase them and their buyers into the ocean. Here where I live, the police are conducting near weekly raids, and they know where to look.

There are issues though, some ‘sellers’ are old policemen, buddies and others owe the Chinese (and other Asians), Italians and Portuguese which sells under the counter. Then you have coloureds which are ‘dependent’ on poaching.

The greater issue is that these poachers have a market, I would not be surprised whether participants in this thread has purchased these illegally marked consumables. I have been to many outings where the purchased stock seems to be undersized.
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Im talking specifically about the guys at Paternoster where there are like 6 guys selling opposite the pub.
 
Mephisto_Helix said:
stop buying sketchy then and you won't find jack inside :rolleyes:


OT - 3rd world countries struggle to keep stocks from dying out because people are way more about feeding the family than being educated on 'lists'
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Who buys kreef :erm: just catch it yourself then youl know what it looks like fresh.
 
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