Editing Walvis Bay (section)

=== Fishing ===
[[File:Oyster farming, Walvis Bay (Namibia).jpg|thumb|[[Oyster]]s are cultivated for export at Walvis Bay]]In Walvis Bay there are a variety of fishing companies like Hangana Seafood, Caroline Fishing, Benguella Fishing Company, Cadilu Fishing, Etosha Fisheries, Kuiseb Fishing Enterprises, Blue Ocean Products, Benguella Sea Products, Consortium Fisheries, Talanam Fish Processor. These companies catch diverse types of fish, like [[Thyrsites|snoek]], [[horse mackerel]], [[anchovy]], [[white steenbras]], kabeljou, [[kingklip]], [[hake]], [[catfish]], [[tuna]], and [[sardines]]. Hangana Seafood are processors and exporters of fish and fish products. As such, the fishing enterprise accounts for a major part of Walvis Bay's economy.{{Citation needed|date=February 2021}}

In May 2018, a spokesman for the National Fishing Corporation of Namibia (Fishcor), confirmed that a new N$530 million onshore processing plant would be operational by September 2018. After completion, the factory (which plans to employ 700 people of which 70% will be female), promises to be the largest pelagic processing plant in sub-Saharan Africa and will process about 80 000 tonnes of fish per annum.<ref>{{cite news
| url=https://www.newera.com.na/2018/05/14/fishcors-n530-million-factory-ready-by-september/
| url-status=dead
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515050147/https://www.newera.com.na/2018/05/14/fishcors-n530-million-factory-ready-by-september/
| archive-date=2018-05-15
| first=Eveline |last=de Klerk
| work=[[New Era (Namibia)]]
| date=2018-05-14
| title=Fishcor's N$530 million factory ready by September
}}</ref>