{"id":301212,"date":"2026-06-04T09:10:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/?p=301212"},"modified":"2026-06-04T09:11:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:11:52","slug":"skulpvis-verbod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/skulpvis-verbod\/","title":{"rendered":"Skulpvis-verbod"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Die publiek word gewaarsku om nie wilde skulpvis van Saldanha- baai en die omliggende kusgebied te oes en te eet nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dit volg nadat die departement van bosbou, visserye en die omgewing (DFFE) verlede week &#8216;n waarskuwing uitgereik het.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monitering het verlede Maandag (25\u2009Mei) baie ho\u00eb vlakke van paralitiese skulpvisgifstowwe (PST) in mossels en oesters van Saldanhabaai-plase opgespoor, met toksienvlakke wat meer as 15 keer die regulatoriese veiligheidperk oorskry het.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die produksiegebiede in Saldanhabaai is tot latere kennisgewing vir oes vir menslike gebruik gesluit.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In hierdie stadium is dit nie duidelik hoe wydverspreid hierdie risiko langs die Weskus is nie en toksienvlakke kan tussen verskillende gebiede verskil.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens Vos Pienaar, die voorsitter van die Tweekleppige Skulpvisboerevereniging van Suid-Afrika, word &#8216;n baie meer intensiewe opbloei van die Alexandrium- spesies as tevore di\u00e9 keer ervaar \u2013 en veel ho\u00ebr as die vorige hoogtepunt in 1997. Pienaar s\u00ea die gif-inhoud van mossels en oesters of enige filtervoerder is tans gevaarlik hoog.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-attachment-id=\"301217\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/?attachment_id=301217\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mossels-1FotoWorldWi_86717.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,799\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mossels-1FotoWorldWi_86717\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Verskeie drywende mossel- en oestervlotte word op die waters van Saldanhabaai bedryf. Foto: WWF&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Verskeie drywende mossel- en oestervlotte word op die waters van Saldanhabaai bedryf. Foto: WWF&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mossels-1FotoWorldWi_86717-1024x682.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mossels-1FotoWorldWi_86717-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Verskeie drywende mossel- en oestervlotte word op die waters van Saldanhabaai bedryf. Foto: WWF\" class=\"wp-image-301217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mossels-1FotoWorldWi_86717-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mossels-1FotoWorldWi_86717-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mossels-1FotoWorldWi_86717-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Mossels-1FotoWorldWi_86717.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Verskeie drywende mossel- en oestervlotte word op die waters van Saldanhabaai bedryf. Foto: WWF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pienaar verduidelik dat PST neurotoksiene is \u2013 soortgelyk aan neurotok- siese slanggif. Dit word deur natuurlike mikroskopiese plankton vervaardig, wat tydens sekere seetoestande opbloei. Dit ge\u00adbeur tipies van laat somer tot in die herfs wanneer toestande &#8216;n spesifieke toksienproduserende planktonspesie bevoordeel. Filtervoedende mossels en oesters voed op plankton en versamel hierdie toksiene tydens opbloeitoestande vinnig.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens Pienaar word plase in die Saldanhabaai twee keer per week getoets en ook daagliks sodra skulpvisgifstowwe op lae vlakke opgespoor word. &#8220;As &#8216;n vroe\u00eb waarskuwing word plankton ook deurlopend onder &#8216;n mikroskoop vir die teenwoordigheid van giftige spesies dopgehou.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die DFFE waarsku die inname van besmette skulpvis kan ernstige siekte ver- oorsaak en selfs lewensgevaarlik wees. Die departement l\u00ea sterk klem daarop dat die publiek aangeraai word om nie skulpvis te oes of te eet nie totdat verdere kennisgewing uitgereik word.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Die moniteringstelsel is van internasio\u00adnale standaard en word deur die DFFE bestuur. Dit het oor baie jare bewys dat dit openbare veiligheid doeltreffend verseker. Gekweekte mossels en oesters sal nie die mark bereik tensy dit volledig veilig is om te gebruik nie. Mense wat wilde mossels aan die kus versamel, moet eers navraag doen of dit veilig is om te gebruik,&#8221; waarsku Pienaar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die publiek word gewaarsku om nie wilde skulpvis van Saldanha- baai en die omliggende kusgebied te oes en te eet nie. 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