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25 May 2004

BUDGET BRIEFING BY THE BRANCH: MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES. 25 May 2004. Key achievements over the past 12 months. Completion of the Allocation of ~ 4000 commercial fishing rights

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25 May 2004

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  1. BUDGET BRIEFING BY THE BRANCH: MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENTTO THE SELECT COMMITTEE: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES 25 May 2004

  2. Key achievements over the past 12 months • Completion of the Allocation of ~ 4000 commercial fishing rights • Won all 47 Review Cases, including a unanimous judgment in the Constitutional Court • Continued with the Successful Implementation of the 4x4 Regulations • Commenced discussions with the Dept of Water Affairs and Forestry on aspects of the Coastal Zone Management Bill • Allocated 10 year commercial fishing rights in the abalone fishery • Invited applications for the development of a South African Large Pelagic Fishery

  3. Key achievements over the past 12 months continued • Successful implementation of the world’s first environmental court in Hermanus and the opening of the world’s second environmental court in Port Elizabeth • Arrest of the Viarsa I • Recorded decreases in the levels of abalone poached • Construction of the 4 patrol vessels remained on track. Vessels named. • Five further Marine Protected Areas • Demolished a number of illegal cottages • Committed R5 million to the rehabilitation of Langebaan Lagoon

  4. The Branch’s Vision for 2004/2005 A country that benefits from the conservation of its biodiversity and the sustainable use of its natural resources

  5. Structure of the Branch Office of the Deputy Director-General Chief Directorate: Monitoring, Control and Surveillance Chief Directorate: Resource Management Chief Directorate: Research, Antarctica and Islands 600 staff

  6. Resource Management: Key Objectives for 2004/2005 • Publish 19 Policies to Guide the Allocation of Commercial Fishing Rights • Allocate rights and experimental permits in the large pelagics and octopus fisheries • Complete the rehabilitation of the Fishing Harbours • Oversee the costing analysis for fees and levies • Overhaul the regulatory and policy framework for the White Shark Cage Diving and Boat Based Whale Watching sectors

  7. Resource Management: Key Objectives for 2004/2005 • Increase the number of Blue Flag beaches • Submit the Coastal Zone Management Bill to Parliament • Implement the amended 4x4 regulations • Regulate the number of subsistence abalone and traditional linefishers in the Eastern Cape • Complete the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the coastline

  8. Research: Key Objectives for 2004/2005 • Establish South Africa as a Scientific powerhouse in Africa • Conclude MOU with DST • Replacement of the Sardinops Research Vessel • Refocus the Antarctic programme • Publish a New Fisheries Policy

  9. Research: Key Objectives for 2004/2005 • Continue to set sustainable TAC’s and TAE’s • Establish 5 new Marine Protected Areas • Increase participation and leading role in RFMO’s such as BCLME, BENEFIT and the new East Coast LME • Invest further in aquaculture as an alternative to capture fisheries

  10. Monitoring, Control & Surveillance: Key Objectives for 2004/2005 • Focus monitoring , control & surveillance on the principles of prevention and deterrence • Convert the Eastern Cape Environmental Court to a Regional Court • Take possession of the 4 new patrol vessels • Continue to invest in fishery control officers and special programmes officers • Increase enforcement partnerships with Local Governments and Conservation Bodies

  11. Monitoring, Control & Surveillance: Key Objectives for 2004/2005 • Manage the implementation of the proposed MPA’s • Conclude MOU’s with key enforcement agencies • Sign the SADC Declaration on IUU Fishing and finalise South Africa’s IPOA on IUU fishing (FAO) • Implement the new Vessel Monitoring System • Invest further in forensic auditing of right holders and organised criminals • Increase the Branch’s regulatory law capacity

  12. Marine Living Resources Fund:Expenditure Budget for 2004/2005 • Administration R72m • Resource Management R61m • Research & Development R51m • Monitoring, Control & Surveillance R55m • Marine Patrol and Research Vessels R101m TOTAL R340m

  13. Marine Living Resources Fund:Revenue to be generated • Harbour fees R 10m • Levies on fish R 65m • Permits & licences R 12m • Sale of confiscations R125m • Fines R 11m • SmartFish R 50m • Chartering of vessels R 8m • Other R 9m TOTAL R290m

  14. Government Transfers • Financial assistance (MRLF) R 8m • Sustainable fisheries R 12m • Vessels – operational R 30m • Vessels – capital R 86m • Harbour repairs R 15m • Langebaan soil erosion R 9m • Research vessel replacement R 9m TOTAL R169m

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