Browsing Policy Briefs by Author "Isaacs, Moenieba"

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    • Current state of extension and advisory services in South African fisheries 

      Hara, Mafaniso; Isaacs, Moenieba (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2012)
      The fishing industry can be divided into marine, recreational, aquaculture and inland sub-sectors. The marine sub-sector is the main commercial fishing sector comprised of industrial fishing and also smallscale fishing, ...

    • Current state of extension and advisory services in South African fisheries 

      Hara, Mafaniso; Isaacs, Moenieba (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2012)
      The fishing industry can be divided into marine, recreational, aquaculture and inland sub-sectors. The marine sub-sector is the main commercial fishing sector comprised of industrial fishing and also smallscale fishing, ...

    • Is the Blue Justice concept a human rights agenda? 

      Isaacs, Moenieba (PLAAS, 2019-11-21)
      What is Blue Justice? This concept is situated in social justice for small-scale fisheries (SSFs)—a narrative popular with civil society movements and academics to garner support for the adoption and implementation of the ...

    • Mainstreaming of HIV and Aids into South African fisheries policy 

      Isaacs, Moenieba; Hara, Mafaniso (PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2008-11)
      This research investigated the drivers and the impact of HIV and Aids in fishing communities in South Africa, in order to assist the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism: Marine and Coastal Management ...

    • Policy Brief 55: Food in the time of coronavirus: Why we should be very, very afraid 

      Hall, Ruth; Du Toit, Andries; Ramantsima, Katlego; Mtero, Farai; Gumede, Nkanyiso; Hara, Mafaniso; Isaacs, Moenieba; Monjane, Boaventura; Yeni, Sithandiwe (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, 2020-04-01)
      The social legitimacy of the ‘COVID-19 lockdown’, government’s regulations imposed to contain the spread of the virus, is most likely to run aground unless an urgent plan can be made to ensure that everyone in the country ...

    • Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill 2013 

      Cousins, Ben; Hall, Ruth; Isaacs, Moenieba; Paradza, Gaynor (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2013)
      This document represents a response from researchers at the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies to the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill as published on 19 October 2013. It is a statement by the ...

    • Sink or swim? How Covid-19 and the responses to it have affected small-scale fishers 

      Isaacs, Moenieba; Nangle, Maia (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2021)
      This policy brief reports findings from research investigating the impacts of Covid-19 regulations and mitigation measures on small-scale fishers in the Western Cape, South Africa. The researchers conducted 47 in-depth ...

    • South African fisheries reform – past, present and future? 

      Isaacs, Moenieba; Hara, Mafaniso; Nielsen, Jesper Raakjar (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2004)
      Two approaches to transformation of the South African fishery industry were adopted after the advent of democracy: the broadening of access rights to new rights holders (individuals and companies) through state intervention ...