| In the recent past, there has been an exponential | | | | The third factor that has contributed to the |
| rise in the number of people getting booked on | | | | increased popularity of tours that are mainly |
| sea fishing holidays in Africa. There is a number of | | | | aimed at fishing Africa waters is the emergence |
| probable reasons for this increasing popularity of | | | | of companies offering well organized fishing |
| sea fishing holidays to Africa. | | | | charters. The major companies offering fishing |
| For one, most of the African coastline is tropical, | | | | charters to fish Africa waters have modernized |
| and is thus home to species that cannot be easily | | | | their operations, and developed well targeted |
| found in other waters. Of course this is a fact | | | | marketing strategies and a strong web presence |
| which has always been there, only that it is only | | | | to an extend where a tourist can organize for a |
| recently that it has received the marketing | | | | fishing charter right from the comfort of his |
| publicity it deserves. The fact that most of | | | | home somewhere in North America or Australia, |
| Africa's waters are tropical increases the | | | | and sometimes months - even years - before the |
| possibility of catching a 'trophy fish,' which is the | | | | expedition to fish Africa waters. |
| ambition of many a fisherman. | | | | And with increased efficiency and competition, |
| Furthermore, the warmer temperatures in Africa's | | | | most companies that offer boat charters to |
| waters make them ideal for fish breeding, which | | | | tourists to go fishing Africa waters are becoming |
| translates into bigger fish stocks. Nobody wants | | | | more and more affordable. Indeed, gone are the |
| to go fishing and come empty-handed, you know. | | | | days when a fishing expedition to Africa was |
| Indeed, the huge fish stocks in Africa's waters | | | | considered a high-cost trip. Nowadays you can |
| have even attracted commercial trawlers, with | | | | find a reasonably priced fishing tour to Africa. |
| some travelling from as far as Europe and China | | | | In terms of fishing charters, people planning to go |
| to the Southern and Eastern African fish-rich | | | | fishing Africa waters have a choice of either a |
| coastlines. | | | | crewed fishing charter of a bare-boat fishing |
| The fact that commercial fishing in Africa caught | | | | charter for their expedition. The bare-boat |
| on much later than in other continent's waters | | | | charters are generally quite good if you are fishing |
| means that there are bigger fish stocks in Africa's | | | | along the shorelines, but if you are to step into |
| waters - though this is a dynamic which is fast | | | | the high seas, you certainly need to book a fishing |
| changing. | | | | charter which is backed by professional crew, |
| Secondly, there is the friendly fishing climate - | | | | unless you are a knowledgeable sea-fearer |
| which is also a function of Africa's location on the | | | | conversant with the African waters. Professional |
| tropics. As it were, most of Africa's coast does | | | | crew are more likely to know the best fishing |
| not experience the bitter (freezing) winters which | | | | routes and getting in the high seas is not a very |
| make fishing virtually impractical and which are | | | | far off possibility if one is not an experienced |
| experienced elsewhere. This means that one can | | | | navigator. |
| comfortably go fishing Africa waters at almost | | | | Ultimately, the increased popularity of African sea |
| every time of the year. | | | | fishing tours can be seen as a combination of the |
| Of course this can't be said of the other | | | | increased awareness about what the African |
| continents' waters. Indeed, it is virtually impossible | | | | waters have to offer and better organization and |
| to go fishing in some other continents' waters for | | | | marketing on the part of the companies that |
| up to half of the year. | | | | offer fishing charters to Africa. |