Masifundise Development Trust, and TBTI, Too Big To Ignore and PLAAS, Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (2014) Small-scale Fisheries (SSF) policy: A handbook for fishing communities in South Africa. Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
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The Marine Living Resources Act, 18 of 1998 (MLRA), excluded smallscale and artisanal fishers who catch and sell fish to sustain livelihoods. Furthermore, it also excluded those involved in post harvesting and other activities like bait preparation, cleaning, processing and marketing. In 2002, small-scale fishers gathered at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) to discuss fishing policy. This triggered a civil society process to address small-scale fishing in South Africa. In 2005, the government adopted long-term fishing policies that made no provision for small-scale fishers. Later that year, the matter was taken to the Equality Court which ordered that a new policy be developed to secure rights for small-scale fishers. In 2007, the Department of Environment Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) convened a National Summit on small-scale fisheries. The Summit elected and mandated a national task team with representatives from fishing communities to oversee the process of developing small-scale policy for the marginalized and excluded fishers in South Africa. In June 2012, the Small-scale fisheries policy was finally adopted by Cabinet. The new small-scale fisheries policy moves away from an individual allocation of rights, largely commercial focus to one which is collective and has a developmental focus. More importantly, the policy gives legal recognition to small-scale fishers.
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Keywords: | Small-scale Fisheries, South Africa, Fishing Community, Community Based Management, Fisheries Policy, Fisheries Management, Preferential Access |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Vivek D ICSF |
| Date Deposited: | 04 May 2023 05:42 |
| Last Modified: | 04 May 2023 05:44 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/19770 |
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