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Symposium on IUU Fishing in Southern African Waters & Beyond:   Prevention And Law Enforcement Constraints & Opportunities: Enforcing South African Fisheries Laws. W: www.feike.co.za B: Feikemanagement.blogspot.com T: @feikemanagement. My Argument… In an Abalone Shell.

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  1. Symposium on IUU Fishing in Southern African Waters & Beyond:   Prevention And Law Enforcement Constraints & Opportunities: Enforcing South African Fisheries Laws W: www.feike.co.za B:Feikemanagement.blogspot.com T: @feikemanagement

  2. My Argument… In an Abalone Shell • Fisheries compliance in SA today is in meltdown • There is no definitive enforcement policy or strategy for M&E purposes. • On 19 February 2013, Fisheries Dept reported to Parliament that – “The offshore fisheries and the EEZ are not being patrolled. We therefore cannot determine whether any IUU fishing is taking place”. • SA’s fleet of patrol vessels and RIB’s are inoperative & have been so since 1 April 2012 • No fisheries observer programme either • A shore-based monitoring programme with significant shortcomings • Arrest but without the follow-through

  3. My Argument… on the +ve Side • The Fisheries Department’s Special Investigations Unit • The City of Cape Town’s Marine Law Enforcement Unit • Table Mountain National Parks Marine Protected Area Management Unit

  4. The Fixer: An Opportunity for Fisheries • Schedule 4 (Part A) of the Constitution: Marine resource management vests exclusively in national government (DAFF) • Both the MLRA and precedent support devolution of enforcement authority • MLRA – section 78 “The Minister may assign the administration of any provision of this Act to the executive authority of a province.” • History – Operation Trident (we need a clear & coherent compliance & enforcement strategy) – • Green Courts (the cases of Marx and Ross) • National, Provincial and local enforcement co-ordination (the case of abalone & lobster outside of the City of Cape Town) • Partnerships with NGO’s and fishing communities • A strong DAFF - we need boats at sea, FCO’s on the beat (not until 4pm) and an expanded SIU (the Case of Hout Bay Fishing Industries)

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