SASSI was started in 2008 and will focus primarily on the conservation and preservation of the Cape Fur Seal.

Our main objectives are to:

• Raise awareness about the ongoing conflict between the Cape Fur Seal and humans in Southern Africa.
• Develop, publicise and advocate constructive methods to protect the Cape Fur Seal.
• Develop, publicise and advocate ways for the Cape Fur Seal and humans to co-exist harmoniously in all areas.
• Educate the public on harmonious co-existence with the Cape Fur Seal.
• Develop a working partnership with government for the enforcement and improvement of the current conservation law.
• Raise funds to further these objectives and to sustain the organisation and its future objectives.

Our secondary objectives will be to:

• Establishing rescue and rehabilitation facilities with governmental approval in the long term
• Establishing with governmental approval disentanglement teams and marine debris clean up systems
• Developing management plans to minimize harm to the Cape Fur Seal