scholarly journals Application of disease control measures by small scale cattle farmers in two districts of the free state province of South Africa

2000 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-381
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Free State ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Free State Province

scholarly journals Evaluating the suitability of fyke nets for small-scale fisheries in the Free State Province of South Africa

Water SA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (1 January) ◽  
Author(s):  
LM Barkhuizen ◽  
OLF Weyl
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Clarias Gariepinus ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Free State ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Catch Per Unit Effort ◽  
Free State Province ◽  
Small Scale Fisheries ◽  
Catch Composition ◽  
Fyke Nets

South Africa is under increasing pressure to develop small-scale fisheries in inland waters. To inform appropriate development of this sector in the Free State Province, the catch rate of double-ended fyke nets was evaluated using survey data from 20 impoundments sampled during the 2013/2014 summer season. Fyke nets were set over night and the total sample effort was 114 fyke net nights. Overall catch per unit effort (CPUE) was 16.8 ± 28.3 kg·net-1·night-1 and catch composition was dependent on impoundment, but generally comprised of a mixture of common carp Cyprinus carpio, African sharptooth catfish Clarias gariepinus, smallmouth yellowfish Labeobarbus aeneus, Orange River mudfish Labeo capensis and moggel Labeo umbratus. The influence of temperature and the potential benefits of baiting the nets were subsequently evaluated through monthly sampling in the hyper-eutrophic Krugersdrift Dam and at the oligotrophic Gariep Dam. Baiting did not significantly influence CPUE, which was significantly higher at Krugersdrift Dam (19.97 ± 23.22 kg·net-1·night-1) than at Gariep Dam (5.02 ± 6.05 kg·net-1·night-1). Increasing temperature had a positive effect on CPUE at Krugersdrift Dam but not at Gariep Dam. Species composition also differed between impoundments and, as a result, we conclude that seasonal catch rates and species compositions will need to be evaluated prior to implementation of fyke net fisheries in specific localities.  

scholarly journals Evaluation of an inverse distance weighting method for patching daily and dekadal rainfall over the Free State Province, South Africa

Water SA ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mokhele Edmond Moeletsi ◽  
Zakhele Phumlani Shabalala ◽  
Gert De Nysschen ◽  
Sue Walker
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Inverse Distance Weighting ◽  
Free State ◽  
Weighting Method ◽  
Free State Province ◽  
Distance Weighting ◽  
Inverse Distance

First hominine remains from a ∼1.0 million year old bone bed at Cornelia-Uitzoek, Free State Province, South Africa

2012 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
James S. Brink ◽  
Andy I.R. Herries ◽  
Jacopo Moggi-Cecchi ◽  
John A.J. Gowlett ◽  
C. Britt Bousman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Free State ◽  
Free State Province
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