Small-scale fishing rights in Western Cape set to be scrapped, says Creecy

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Fisheries Minister Barbara Creecy will ask the high court to scrap the process of awarding small-scale fishing rights in the Western Cape, her department said in a statement.

“Based on legal advice, the minister will seek the review of the entire process of those who originally applied for all Western Cape communities,” said environment, forestry and fisheries spokesperson Albi Modise.

These would include bringing the application as quickly as possible, prioritising the new verification process and conducting it as swiftly as possible. Modise said Creecy will ask the court to order that whatever form of access to fish communities and individual fishers have will remain in place until the new verification process is completed.

 

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Why would they compel these fishermen to apply to be able to fish? It is ridicilous in the first place.

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