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| Title: | An Economic and Sectoral Study of the South African Fishing Industry |
| Authors: | Mather, D.
Britz, P.J.
Hecht, T.
Sauer, W. |
| ASFA Terms: | Fishing industry
Fishery legislation |
| Issue Date: | 2003 |
| Publisher: | Department of Ichthyology & Fisheries Science and Department of Economics and Economic History, Rhodes University |
| Abstract: | The introduction of constitutional democracy in South Africa required the redrafting of most Acts of parliament to promote goals of social equity and redress of the consequences of past racial discrimination. The introduction of the Marine Living Resource Act of 1998 required the State to “restructure the fishing industry to address historical imbalances and to achieve equity within all branches
of the fishing industry”, but provided no specific strategic policy guidelines for achieving this end. The
initial burden of implementing this social agenda fell on government fisheries biologists and a series of
interventions with profound economic, legal and political consequences were embarked upon without any
proper framework for understanding the expected outcomes. The focus of “restructuring” was a series of
annual fishing rights allocation processes whereby fishing quota was redistributed away from historically
white, larger, companies to smaller, mostly black, new entrants into the industry. This process was far
from smooth and resulted in a number of legal challenges of government decisions, instability within
many fisheries, and a tremendous strain on the under-equipped manpower resources within the
Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism’s Marine and Coastal Management Branch (MCM). |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/310 |
| Appears in Collections: | Miscellaneous
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