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14 June 2011

Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Fisheries The Status of Transformation in the Fishing Industry. 14 June 2011. SA Fisheries Management at a Glance: 1994 to 2011. 1994 - 2000 1% of fisheries black owned ; 0% black managed No more than 400 quota (right) holders in total

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14 June 2011

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  1. Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Fisheries The Status of Transformation in the Fishing Industry 14 June 2011

  2. SA Fisheries Management at a Glance: 1994 to 2011 • 1994 - 2000 • 1% of fisheries black owned ; 0% black managed • No more than 400 quota (right) holders in total • Promulgation of the Marine Living Resources Act in 1998 • Chaos of the 1998 – 2000 period (incl SACFC and excessive government intervention) • 2000 - present • Creation of the Branch: Marine and Coastal Management & Appointment of a DDG • The allocation of Medium Term Commercial Fishing Rights in 2001 – the first ever multi-year fishing rights allocation • The allocation of Long Term Fishing Quotas in 2005/2006 • Transfer of fisheries functions and the related chaos • Review of fishing performance in 2009

  3. The 2005 Policy Fundamentals Black and female equity ownership; Black and female control of management; Compliance with Employment Equity and Skills Legislation; Worker empowerment (share schemes); CSI (1% and more to be considered); Affirmative Procurement Managed through the setting on an annual basis of Total Allowable Catch and/or Total Applied Effort limitations The Ecosystems Approach to Fisheries (EAF) Management is an international obligation determined at WSSD with a deadline of 2012 Fisheries is an important food source. It also provides important jobs and livelihoods for thousands along our coast • Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment • Biology of the target resource • Ecology in which target resource is found • Economic and Social Development

  4. Fisheries Clusters

  5. What are the transformation, investment & job profiles of our major commercial fisheries? THE PILCHARD FISHERY: R800 million • Duration of Quotas – 15 years (31 December 2020) • Number of Rights Holders: 114 • Number of Vessels: 137 • Percentage of Black Right Holders and percentage of black controlled TAC: 62.9% (sardine) and 57.9% (anchovy) • Gross Asset Value: R1, 218 billion • Mean annual turnover: R2.9 million • Jobs sustained: 15 133

  6. What are the transformation, investment & job profiles of our major commercial fisheries? THE HAKE TRAWL FISHERY: R2,2 billion • Duration of Quotas – 15 years (31 December 2020) • Number of Rights Holders: 52 • Number of Vessels: 79 • Percentage of Black Right Holders: 60% • Percentage of TAC Black controlled: 43% • Gross Asset Value: R2,4 billion • Jobs sustained: 9000

  7. What are the transformation, investment & job profiles of our major commercial fisheries? THE SCRL FISHERY: R114 million • Duration of Quotas – 15 years (30 September 2020) • Number of Rights Holders: 16 • Number of Vessels: 9 • Percentage of Black Right Holders: 71% • Percentage of TAC Black controlled: 72% • Gross Asset Value: R127 million • Annual Turnover: R155 million • Jobs sustained: 441

  8. What are the transformation, investment & job profiles of our major commercial fisheries? THE SQUID FISHERY: R900 million • Duration of Quotas – 8 years (31 December 2013) • Number of Rights Holders: 121 • Number of Vessels: 138 • Percentage of Black Right Holders: 49% • Gross Asset Value: R440 million • Jobs sustained: 2422

  9. What are the transformation, investment & job profiles of our major commercial fisheries? THE HAKE LONG LINE FISHERY: R340 million** • Duration of Quotas – 15 years (31 December 2020) • Number of Rights Holders: 139 • Number of Vessels: 80 • Percentage of Black Right Holders: 91.3% • Gross Asset Value: R182 million • Jobs sustained: 1495

  10. What are the transformation, investment & job profiles of our major commercial fisheries? THE WCRL FISHERY: R347 million (excl. IR) • Duration of Quotas – 10 years (31 July 2015) • Number of Rights Holders: 245 // 812 • Number of Vessels: 142 // unknown • Percentage of Black Right Holders: 64.7% / 90% • Jobs sustained: 1058 // 3248

  11. The Way Forward • SA Commercial fisheries is significantly transformed – 60% of all fishing quotas allocated to black persons • Of the 3019 commercial fishery quotas, more than 2200 are allocated exclusively to small-scale // artisinal fishers (Clusters C & D) • Threats to the transformation gains: • The draft small-scale commercial fishing policy • Lack of leadership at DAFF and policy / vision = lack of support for small black-owned enterprises (eg HLL & WCRL & Oysters) • No plan with regard to the next round of fishing quota allocations in 2013 (abalone, squid, line fish, large pelagics, shark demersal etc) • Pervasive poaching of high value inshore fish stocks (abalone and WCRL)

  12. Will the draft small-scale/subsistence fishery policy aid or fail transformation? • Policy premise is fatally flawed – • Quotas to be allocated to fishing communities and managed via co-operatives • Co-operative type management simply leads to community-based conflict • The case of Hout Bay and interim relief • Who pays for the massive administrative bureaucracy of running a co-op? • Where will the fish come from? It cant come from offshore quotas as the entire principle is empowerment of small-scale fishers and the creation of fronts! • What has past experience taught us? • The case of SACFC

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