MEDIA RELEASE 25 June For immediate release /16 FISHING RIGHTS ALLOCATION PROCESS ( FRAP /16 ): PUBLIC CONSULTATION MEETINGS ON DRAFT FISHERIES SECTOR SPECIFIC POLICIES, DRAFT APPLICATION FORMS AND APPLICABLE FEES Cape Town, 25 June : On the 12 th of June, the Honorable Minister of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ( the Department ) published the draft sector policies for Abalone, Hake Inshore Trawl, Horse Mackerel, KwaZulu-Natal Beach Seine, Large Pelagic, Net Fish, Patagonian Toothfish, Seaweed, West Coast Rock Lobster (nearshore), West Coast Rock Lobster (offshore) and the Fish Processing Establishments ( FPE ), draft application forms and draft fees (application and grant of right) for comment. The draft sector specific policies, draft application forms and applicable fees are published in the Government Gazette Number 38871; volume 600 dated 12 June. The Department will be embarking on a public consultation process where Department officials will be engaging with affected and interested parties (stakeholders) countrywide on the draft sector specific policies, draft application forms and applicable fees. During the consultation period, the Minister will solicit the views of members of the fishing industry and interested parties in respect of the proposed policies and processes that will guide the Minister in deciding on the final polices, application forms and fees. The public consultation process is scheduled to commence on Tuesday, 7 July at 10h00 and will end on Tuesday, 4 August at 14h00. See attached list of the various FRAP /16 public consultation centres. LIST OF FRAP /16 PUBLIC CONSULTATION CENTRES 1
DATE DAY TIME AREAS VENUE 1 07 July Tuesday 10:00 - Cape Town Protea Hotel Sea Point 2 08 July Wednesday 10:00 - Cape Town Protea Hotel Sea Point 3 09 July Thursday 10:00 - Cape Town Protea Hotel Sea Point 4 13 July Monday 10:00 - Port Nolloth Port Nolloth Town Hall, Main Road 5 13 July Monday 10:00 - Hondeklipbaai Municipal Hall 6 13 July Monday - Doring Bay Miriam Owies Hall, Harbour Road 7 14 July Tuesday 10:00 - Lambert's Bay Recreational Hall, Erf No 1347 & 1348, Burrel Street 8 14 July Tuesday 10:00 - Elands Bay VGK Church Hall, Hoofstraat 9 15 July Wednesday 10:00 - Laaiplek Bergriver Municipality Hall, Albatros Street, Noordhoek 10 15 July Wednesday - St Helena Bay Sandy Point Community Hall, Albatros Street 11 16 July Thursday 10:00 - Paternoster 12 16 July Thursday - Saldanha Bay Protea Hotel Saldanha 13 17 July Friday 10:00 - Langebaan Langebaan Multi Purpose Centre (Thusong Centre) 14 17 July Friday 10:00 - Yzerfontein Yzerfontein Community Hall 15 20 July Monday 10:00 - Ocean View Multi-purpose Hall, Milky Way, Ocean View 16 20 July Monday 10:00 - Hout Bay Hout Bay Civic Centre 17 21 July Tuesday 10:00 - Kalk Bay Fish Hoek Library Main Hall 18 21 July Tuesday 10:00 - Khayelitsha Phillipi East Library, Phillipi 19 22 July Wednesday 10:00 - Strand South-End Library, Strand 2
20 22 July Wednesday 10:00-21 27 July Monday 10:00-22 27 July Monday 10:00-23 28 July Tuesday 10:00-24 28 July Tuesday 10:00-25 29 July Wednesday 10:00-26 29 July Wednesday 10:00-27 30 July Thursday 10:00-28 13 July Monday 10:00-29 14 July Tuesday 10:00-14 July Tuesday 10:00-30 31 15 July Wednesday 10:00-32 15 July Wednesday 10:00-33 16 July Thursday 10:00-34 16 July Thursday 10:00-35 17 July Friday 10:00-36 17 July Friday 10:00-37 20 July Monday 10:00-38 21 July Tuesday 10:00 - Gordons Bay Manguzi (Kosi Bay) Sodwana Bay Richards Bay KwaDukuza (Stanger) Port Shepstone Mzamba Ethekwini (Durban) Kleinmond Gansbaai Hermanus Struisbaai Arniston Stillbaai Mossel Bay Knysna Plettenberg Bay Tsitsikamma Humansdorp Kosi Bay, KwaTembe Traditional court Mkhanyakude District Municipality Hall Diakonia Church Hall Kleinmond Municipality Hall Blompark Community Hall Overstrand Training institute, Cnr Swartdam & Angelier Street Struisbaai Library, Highway, Struisbaai Arniston Hotel Still Bay Municipality Hall Diaz Museum, Mossel Bay Knysna Library Main Horizon Hall, Plettenberg Bay Nompumelelo Community Hall Kwa Nomzamo Community Hall 3
39 21 July Tuesday 10:00 - Jeffreys Bay Pellsrus Community Hall 40 22 July Wednesday 10:00 - Port Elizabeth 41 22 July Wednesday 10:00 - Port Elizabeth 42 23 July Thursday 10:00 - Port Alfred 43 23 July Thursday 10:00 - Hamburg Hamburg Community Hall 24 July Friday 10:00 - East London Velvet Jazz Lounge, 44 Conference Centre, East London Harbour 45 27 July Monday 10:00 - Centane Centane Municipal Hall 46 28 July Tuesday 10:00 - Willowvale 47 29 July Wednesday 10:00 - Coffee Bay 48 30 July Thursday 10:00 - Ngqeleni 49 31 July Friday 10:00 - Lusikisiki 50 31 July Friday 10:00 - Port St Johns 51 Pretoria 52 Tuesday 10:00 - Bloemfontein 53 Tuesday 10:00 - Mpumalanga 54 Mahikeng 55 Limpopo Dates for the distribution and receipting processes will be announced soon. Attached is the Government Gazette Number 38871, volume 600 dated 12 June. 4
For all FRAP enquiries, the FRAP Call Centre number is 021 402 3727 (FRAP) For further media enquiries contact: Carol Moses 021 402 3448/3911 CarolMO@daff.gov.za Issued by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on 25 June. www.daff.gov.za ends. 5