South Africa: Minister finalizes appeals in relation to fishing rights

Published 2023년 3월 1일

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South Africa's Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, has fulfilled her promise to conclude appeals in the traditional linefish sectors by the end of March 2023, in time for the upcoming fishing season. The appeals encompass the South Coast Rock Lobster sector's decisions from the Fishing Right Allocation Process 2020/2021, guided by various policies and legislation aimed at fair allocation and transformation. The department is now processing the third phase of appeals in additional sectors, with an expected completion by April 2023, and strives to publish its progress freely on its website.

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Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, has honoured her commitment to finalise appeals in the traditional linefish sectors by the end of the month. The appeals were finalised ahead of the fishing season, which starts on Wednesday, 1 March 2023. Creecy also concluded appeals against the decisions of the delegated authority in the South Coast Rock Lobster sector taken in the Fishing Right Allocation Process 2020/2021 (FRAP 2021). In her consideration and determination of these appeals, the Minister was guided by the General Policy on the Allocation of Commercial Fishing Rights 2021 (General Policy). Creecy was also guided by the Sector Specific Policy on the Allocation and Management of Commercial Fishing Rights in the Traditional Linefish sector: 2021 (the Sector Specific Policy), the principles and objective of the MLRA and various legislation relating to transformation. "These policies serve as a guideline to decision-making. I therefore overruled ...

Source: All Africa