Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Tina Joemat-Pettersson, in her infinite wisdom, has decided that the best way to turn around the performance of the Marine and Coastal...
Date: 04/11/2010
Source: The Presidency
Title: SA: Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, at the Heads of State Economic Bilateral meeting, Windhoek
Your...
On the apparent eve of the opening of the legal abalone fishery, the South African government has dealt a blow to sustaining the resource for legal rights holders by instituting a measure that...
Date: 16/04/2010
Source: The Department of Environmental Affairs
Title: SA: Mabudafhasi: Budget vote speech by the Environmental Affairs Deputy Minister, National Assembly
Date: 16/04/2010
Source: The Democratic Alliance
Title: DA: Morgan: Speech by DA Member of Parliament on Water and Environmental Affairs budget vote
Honourable...
The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs' response to a Democratic Alliance (DA) parliamentary question on matters related to payouts to abalone rights holders, in lieu of their fishery...
The conditional re-opening of the abalone fishery in the coming weeks is a welcome move that will alleviate the hardships of many of the 302 legal abalone fishers who were affected by the...
The planned increases for rights, permits and licences in the various fisheries are exorbitant and unjustifiable. The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs has published these increases...
Marine and Coastal Management (MCM) is in dire need of a completely new start. The turf war between officials and staff inside this branch of the Department of Environmental Affairs is seriously...
The Marine and Coastal Management branch of the Department of Environmental Affairs is in a race against time to ensure that there is no disruption in fish exports from South Africa to the...
Date: 25/11/2009
Source: The Department of Water and Environmental Affairs
Title: SA: Sonjica: Release of the National Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Report 2008/9,...
Date: 16/10/2009
Source: The Department of Arts and Culture
Title: SA: Xingwana: Keynote address by the Minister of Arts and Culture, at the launch of the Underwater Cultural Heritage...
Marine and Coastal Management (MCM), the government entity entrusted with managing fisheries in South Africa has apparently run out of money to fund research cruises. Rumours in this...