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Small-scale fisheries (SSF) policy: A handbook for fishing communities
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2014)
The Marine Living Resources Act, 18 of 1998 (MLRA), excluded smallscale
and artisanal fishers who catch and sell fish to sustain livelihoods.
Furthermore, it also excluded those involved in post harvesting and other
activities ...
Efficacy of rights based management within an ecosystems approach to fisheries - Small pelagics in South Africa
(2013)
• South Africa issued long-term fishing rights (2006 to 2020) for most commercial species Long-term rights a form of Rights Based Management (RBM) approach
• Has committed itself to introduce an Ecosystems Approach to ...
'It's all about money! Implementation of South Africaís new fisheries policy
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2001)
This paper was originally written as part of an economics study commissioned by the Chief Directorate: Marine and Coastal Management (MCM) of the South African Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT). Since ...
A decade of fisheries co-management in Africa: Going back to the roots? Empowering fishing communities? Or just an illusion?
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2002)
This paper provides an overview of co-management in Africa and the historical, political and paradigmatic reasons for the shift. The historical context is important when analysing the performance of the regime. The main ...
Current state of extension and advisory services in South African fisheries
(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, ...
Strategy for fisheries socio- economic research
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2008-03)
This document sets broad strategic directions for a period of five years and provides a framework on which fisheries socio-economic research priorities can be determined on a more frequent basis. This is seen as more ...
Socio-economic contribution of South African fisheries and their current legal, policy and management frameworks
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2008)
The Marine Living Resources Act (No. 18, 1998) establishes as an objective the utilisation of marine living resources to achieve, inter alia 'economic growth, human resource development, capacity building within fisheries ...
‘What is the value of the constitution?’: Value chains, livelihoods and food security in SA’s large- and small-scale fisheries
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016-10)
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Scoping study on the development and sustainable utilisation of inland fisheries in South Africa: Volume 2. Case studies of small-scale inland fisheries
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Small- scale fishing on inland waters is a widespread livelihood activity which has been overlooked in
environmental policy and management arrangements flowing from South Africa’s democratic Constitution.
This has ...
Scoping study on the development and sustainable utilisation of inland fisheries in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
South Africa’s inland fishery resource endowment has been overlooked as a means of supporting sustainable
livelihoods in the democratic era, lacking a guiding policy and legislation aligned with the country’s rightsbase ...