Update on the FRAP 2021/2022 appeals process
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister, Ms Barbara Creecy has issued her decisions on appeals that were submitted against the decisions of the Delegated Authority in the Small Palegic: Anchovy and Small Pelagic: Sardine Sectors in terms of the Fishing Right Allocation Process 2020/2021 (FRAP 2021).
Minister Creecy’s “General Published Reasons for Appeal Decisions in the Small Palegic: Anchovy Sector 2021” and Small Pelagic: Sardine Sector 2021” will be published on the Department’s website. The Department will provide Appellants with the outcome of their individual appeals in due course. In addition, right holders will be able to access the FRAP Online Portal for their grant of right letters, which will be uploaded shortly.
“In my consideration of the small pelagic appeals, the current low catches in both the sardine and anchovy sectors posed a challenge on the the determination of how to distribute the resource, whilst ensuring stability in the sector and mitigating against any negative impacts such as job losses. I applied my discretion on the distribution of the resource in a manner that ensures sustainable development of the natural resource, whilst ensuring that right holders are able to remain viable.” Said Minister Creecy.
“This concludes my consideration of the 1213 appeals that had been submitted across all ten sectors in the fishing industry and across all category of applicants in relation to FRAP 2021. The department has fulfilled the commitment that it made to the industry, to finalise all the FRAP 2021 appeals, in an efficient and timely manner, before the commencement of the 2024 fishing season. I am satisfied that the process was fair and that the outcome of the appeal process is reasonable and justifiable,” added the Minister.
Links to the GPRs:
» General published reasons for appeal decisions in the small pelagic: anchovy sector 2021 [PDF - 1.3 mb] https://www.dffe.gov.za/sites/default/files/legislations/appeals/22dec2023gpr_smallpelagicanchovy.pdf
» General published reasons for appeal decisions in the small pelagic: sardine sector 2021 [PDF - 1 mb] https://www.dffe.gov.za/sites/default/files/legislations/appeals/22dec2023gpr_smallpelagicsardine.pdf
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