Hake catch halves in three months

The amount of hake caught and brought ashore in Namibia fell by more than half between the third and fourth quarters of 2025.

This is according to the Namibia Statistics Agency’s latest agriculture and fishing indicators statistical bulletin.

The bulletin shows that hake catches dropped from 40 005t in the third quarter to 18 436t in the fourth quarter.

This is a decline of 21 569 tonnes (t).

The figures also indicate that hake catches declined throughout 2025. Fishing vessels landed 75 466t in the first quarter before catches fell in the following quarters. Overall catches of quota species also dropped.