Sardine fever hits KZN south coast

10 June 2015 - 17:41

By Nivashni Nair

Silver ribbons of sardines have streamed into KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday‚ infecting the south coast with the much-anticipated “sardine fever”. Though the pockets of the tiny fish were small entrepreneurial fishermen flocked to beaches at Umgababa‚ Illovo and Karridene to net them.KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board's Michael Anderson-Reade‚ who has been with the “lookout crew”‚ said: "There has been a substantial increase in sardine activity on the KwaZulu-Natal coastline over the past two days.

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